Paul Sample may only have contributed once to OiNK but it’s one every pig pal will fondly remembered. He’ll be missed.

🥰 (Ignore my fading socks, they’re comfy indoor winter ones lol.) #catfeet #newcatdad #mycatisthebest #cuddlycat #lovemycat

A funny take on Narnia, death & destruction, a staggering finale, a baited trap, a hilarious horror tale and…. um, a Valentine’s story. Marvel UK had it all this week back in 1989. More details and access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2026/01/28/t... 📚✅🐽

1/3: Week 51 #DalekDay #DalekDay51 One piece and a bunch of screws and washers, but that one piece is a weighty motor. Always exciting to get the electronics. Then I got to use parts from previous weeks and we’re on the way to making my Dalek moveable! #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho

Chekhov's Howitzer states that if a Howitzer is introduced in act one, it should be fired in act two. Chekov's Howitzer was only deployed once, in 1982, during an off Broadway reworking of Death of a Salesman. And never again, due to the massive loss of life...

Apple! Stop bloody telling me this EVERY SINGLE TIME I open Reminders! I don’t want alarms! I just want it to work like it always has. It’s also now slow and glitchy, your whole update adds unnecessary taps and animations to everything on my phone. Slow clap for making EVERYTHING worse. #Apple #iOS

Genuinely sat there watching for 10 mins 😻😂 #doctorwho #proudcatdad #catwatchingtv #drwho #cosycat

2 covers that are the antithesis of each other, showing the variety Marvel UK produced in the late 80s. Another checklist & a comic that would take its sweet time appearing! Full image & the Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2026/01/28/t... 📚✅🐽 #transformers #ghostbusters #marveluk #comics

1/2: Week 50 #DalekDay50 I started this build 1 year ago today! (Issue 1 was on sale for longer than a week) Today we’ve 2 smaller rollers and the rest is nice, solid metal. #daleks #doctorwho #doctorwhoday

On sale today in 1989, the last story in the latest Wildcat felt powerfully important even as I read it in 2022. Today, it’s even more so. Go give it a read, the story is called Gliz. Beast accompanied by a cold drink… with no ICE: oink.blog/2022/01/28/w... 🌍💥🚀👽👾🐽 #comicsky #comics

John is one of the most decent and supportive people in UK comics. Frazer Brown is the polar opposite. #TFTQ

How am I meant to get stuff done when it means getting up from sitting next to this?! 🥰 #catdadlife #cutestcat #bestfurryfriend #myweecat #lovethiscat

As I waited for The Traitors the other night, Smudge got to enjoy some TV first 🥰 #catsofbluesky

On this day in 1994 in no.8 of Jurassic Park it was the back up strip that caught my eye! Originally published in b&w, Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales was coloured for the UK by Steve White. What an incredible job he did! You can check out more in the full review from 2022 on the OiNK Blog. 🚗🦖🖌️🐽

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Another belter of an issue from Dark Horse International’s Aliens comic series as we make our way into 1994. Memorable moments and more besides are in the full review now up on the blog: oink.blog/2026/01/20/a.... 👽🦷🦷🐽

Charlie Adlard’s cover is bright and colourful yet dark in atmosphere. It welcomes us to the latest real time review of #DarkHorse International’s UK #Aliens #comic from 1994. You can check out numerous highlights (and the Sigourney Weaver interview) on the OiNK Blog: oink.blog/2026/01/20/a.... 👽🦷🦷🐽

1/2: Week 49 #DalekDay49 Exactly the same as last week to be honest. Well, apart from a different letter etched into the steel motor holder lol. #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding

A superb prose story was behind the cover image of The Real Ghostbusters and the team up we’d all been waiting for arrived in Transformers and Action Force! Do you remember any of the details of this week’s issues? More details here: oink.blog/2026/01/21/t... 📚✅🐽 #transformers #therealghostbusters

He likes a good belly rub after a long grooming brush session, does Smudge. #caturdayeveryday

A new year & the 1st of the last 3 issues of Dark Horse Inernational’s #Aliens, on sale today in 1994. An exclusive Sigourney Weaver interview, some rather creepy strip action and the return of decent Technical Readouts, you can check out the full review of no20 on the OiNK Blog now. 👽🦷🦷🐽 #comics

Released in 1988, the OiNK Smokebuser Special was only available to school kids in the north of England. Fortunately, I got my trotters on it for the OiNK real time read through and reviewed it on the blog on this day in 2023: oink.blog/2023/01/18/o... 🚭🐽 #oinkcomic #nosmoking #franksidebottom

Saturday night #saturdaynightvibes #catchill #milkachocolate #milkaisbetterthancadbury #catdadlife

The new series of #Gladiators is off to a great start! And that new game Destruction is brutal!! That’d kill me 😂

1/2: Week 48 #DalekDay #DalekDay48 A quick one this week, with a thick metal motor holder to, um… hold on to for now. #daleks #doctorwho #doctorwhoday

First photo I took in #2016 🥰 He was 6 months old ❤️

The celebrations were over this week in 1989 but Marvel UK weren’t resting on their laurels. More details about them, the comics on the checklist & the full ad for possibly the strangest “comic” to come from the publisher in the lastest checklist post now on the blog: oink.blog/2026/01/14/t... 📚✅🐽

Who remembers this terrifying beast from their childhood? Released today back in 1989, David Pugh’s cover and Loner strip remained in my head rent-free for years! You can check out the full review of the issue, with more highlights of David’s work, here: oink.blog/2022/01/14/w... 🌍💥🚀👽👾🐽 #comics

I say these count as Smudge using his new tower and cushion 😂 #newcatdad #lovebeingacatdad #daftcat #rescuecatsrule #bestfurryfriend

Smudge is tuckered out from chasing his feather toy for 15 mins straight xx #caturday

On this day in 1987, 39 years ago(!) came OiNK’s fitness special! Complete with my kind of exercises and many other highlights that you can check out in the blog’s review from 10th January 2022. 🏋️‍♀️🥗🐽 oink.blog/2022/01/10/o... #oinkcomic #funnycomics #comicsky #comics

I feel rested after the holidays. I’m ready for #Christmas2026 🎄🎅🎁

It was a big week for Transformers in the UK at the beginning of 1989. The 200th issue kicked off the new year! Can you remember this milestone? And the other comics? More details, full screen images & access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2026/01/07/t... 📚✅🐽

1/3: Week 47 #DalekDay47 Concluding the base frame portion of the build. #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding

As the decorations get packed away until November again, Smudge says goodbye for now to Tom Thug.

First day of the new year I’m not wearing any Christmassy clothes. Booo! This sucks!

Never AI. Not for writing, not for editing, nor for plotting, not for research, not for design, not for anything… #NoAI

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Obligatiry snow photos and a cat who’s very happy he doesn’t have to be stuck out in it anymore. 🥰 #snowdays❄️ #newyearsnow #happynew2026 #belfastireland #toastycat

I’m immensely proud of the work I put into the blog for this Christmas. Why not spend the weekend catching up on the smorgasbord of treats on the OiNK Blog from the holidays? What a season it was! To access these & more(!) just head on over to the Christmas 2025 menu: oink.blog/2025/11/24/i... 🎄🎅🐽

I can’t believe I’m recycling the TV Times Christmas edition already!! Where’d the holidays go?!

1/3: Week 46 #DalekDay46 Initially more of the same from last week but then when I out it WITH last week’s… oooh! There’s that shape again. Also, I’ve a very strict Quality Control supervisor as you can you. #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding

What a Christmas season it’s been on the blog! As usual I’m wrapping it all up with my New Year’s message to my readers who I’m so, so grateful for. I hope you all have a great night whatever you’re doing (personally I’m with a friend waiting for Jools) and that 2026 brings you much joy and peace.

37 years ago today 1989 was about to start with a bang thanks to Marvel UK’s top two best-selling comics. Do you remember these issues as a kid? More details, full screen images and access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2025/12/31/t... 📚✅🐽

#lifeisbetterwithacat #newcatdad #lovemycat❤️ #myfurriend #catpal

It’s a who’s who of 80s pop stars in the Grunts Celebrity Special. All those times OiNK’s celebrity fans made it into the comic. Surely the highlight of their careers! You can check them all out in the post now up: oink.blog/2025/12/30/t... 🤵‍♂️🤵‍♀️🪭🐽

To mark OiNK’s 40th anniversary, next year a series of posts will look back at every contribution made to our fave comic by all you pig pals out there. First though, for Christmas let’s have a Celebrity Special, shall we? All those times celebrity fans popped up in OiNK in now up on the blog. 🤵‍♂️🤵‍♀️🪭🐽

I’m not saying OiNK co-editor Patrick Gallagher leads a rock’n’roll lifestyle… but he kinda does. Check out the details behind these photos and a load more shared by others in the OiNK team in the OiNK Scrapbook, now up on the blog: oink.blog/2025/12/28/t... #classiccomics #comics #comicsky

Loving my new t-shirt 🐈‍⬛

Psycho Gran’s David Leach looking sprightly and Mr Big Nose’s Jeremy Banx looking dubious. Just some of the bits shared by OiNK’s team over the years, all compiled together into the OiNK Scrapbook now up on the blog for you to wile away some of your Void Week with: oink.blog/2025/12/28/t... 📸🎞️📔🐽