Oink!

Oink! was a British comic for children which was published from 3 May 1986 to 22 October 1988. It set out to be deliberately anarchic, reminiscent of Viz but for children. The creators also cited Mad magazine as a major influence.
Part of its difference in the marketplace was that it attracted writers and cartoonists from a wide range of previous disciplines. It was devised, launched and edited by Patrick Gallagher, Private Eye regular contributor Tony Husband and Mark Rodgers; although within the fiction of the comic it was "edited" by a character called Uncle Pigg (similar to 2000 AD's Tharg the Mighty). Other featured artists and writers included Husband's Private Eye colleague David Haldane, ex-The Fall member and future BBC Radio 1 host Marc Riley, Malcolm Douglas, future Beano writer/artist Kev F Sutherland, future Marvel artist, writer and editor & current SpongeBob SquarePants Magazine editor David Leach, future Financial Times cartoonist Jeremy Banks, and satirical media commentator-to-be Charlie Brooker. Viz founders Davy Thorp and Chris Donald also contributed some one-off strips, as did The Beano's Tom Paterson and John Geering.
== Links To Peel ==
left|thumb|152x152px|Peel presenting Steve Wright with the 1987 Oink's Most Irritating DJ In The World Award
Peel was an early supporter of the comic, his interest possibly stemming from the fact that one of its major contributors was Marc Riley, whose musical output was well known to the DJ.
Peel contributed one piece to the comic's music-themed issue (1986-11-29 (Issue #16), A Day In The Life Of A DJ, pg. 4) and also presented Steve Wright in 1987 with the Oink's Most Irritating DJ In The World award, voted by readers of the comic.
Peel played the comic's free flexidisc "The Oink Song" (credited to The Oinkletts, with Marc Riley on vocals and probably backed by the Creepers) on 04 June 1986. 
The flexidisc was given away with the comic's first issue, in which Peel was caricatured - in keeping with the comic's pig theme - as "John Potatopeel" (somewhat improbably conducting an interview with "Bacon Stevens").
Peel was also featured as a character in Marc Riley's "Harry The Head" strip in Issue #26. It was mentioned on the show on 04 March 1987 that the DJ's son William was a subscriber to the comic. 
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Oink! Online
*Oink! Blogspot
Category:Periodicals