I don’t normally do costume dramas (is that the right genre?), but when I saw the cast for #TheForsytes included Tuppence Middleton AND Eleanor Tomlinson AND Millie Gibson I had to give it a go… and now I’m hooked!

Turning these holographic toys into horror comic icons. My chat with comics artist Alan Langford can be found here: oink.blog/2025/10/31/c... 👻💀🐽

Growing up on Knight Rider and coveting Michael’s watch I wonder what my (much) younger self would make of the smart watch I wear now! Who remembers being excited by the Casio digital watches in the 80s? More classic ads in Pitching to Piglets Part 5 now on the blog: oink.blog/2025/11/09/p... 🎹⌚️🕹️🐽

Electronic toys exploded (figuratively) in the 1980s and OiNK’s pages were filled with adverts for the exciting new products. You can check them all out in the latest part of this series on the OiNK Blog right now. 🎹⌚️🕹️🐽 #80s #1980s #retro #comicsky

The universal language of Beaker 😹 #caturday

One of the best episodes of The Last Leg I’ve seen. Judi Love and Zack Polanski together were hilarious 😂🤣

You’ve still got a week left to try to win yourself these half dozen Real Ghostbusters comics. Just answer the Real easy question on my OiNK Blog: oink.blog/2025/11/01/o... 👻🚫🐽

Super Naturals was more than just another toy licence comic. It was also a proper horror anthology for the kids. Artist Alan Langford has very fond memories of working in it and chatted to me for the blog: oink.blog/2025/10/31/c... 👻💀🐽 #SuperNaturals #comicsky

Tonight’s reading. 😁🎅 No, the cookies aren’t a free gift. #beano #bemorebeano #sobeano #beanochristmasspecial #beanochristmas #christmasreads #preparingforchristmas #countdowntochristmas2025 #countdowntochristmas #christmascomics

He really does not make getting out of bed easy in the morning 😂 #bestcatintheworld #catbuddy #catdad #lovethiscat #catinbed #inbedwithmycat #morningswithcats

😂 And this is only the end of the first chapter! Death’s Head: The Body in Question graphic novel from Marvel UK was on sale now wwwaaayyy back in 1990. You can check out more highlights in the full review now up on the blog. 💀🦾🐽 oink.blog/2025/10/27/d... #comicsky #deathshead #marveluk

37 years ago today! You can check out reviews for every issue of the original Death’s Head and more on the OiNK Blog: oink.blog/deaths-head/ 💀🦾🐽 #comicsky

1/2: Week 38 #DalekDay38 This week they supplied us with the tool to properly tighten up last week’s parts, then it was on to more of that solid metal base and the supports. #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding #modelkit #partwork #hachette

This day in 1988… I hope you didn’t miss the DON’T MISS comic of the week! I certainly didn’t. Do any of these issues, stories or adverts ring a bell with your younger selves? More details and access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far at this link: oink.blog/2025/11/05/t... 📚✅🐽

😁😁😁😁😁 #excitedforchristmas

Starting from scratch. Save game deleted. Here we go again! #AnimalCrossing #animalcrossingswitch #animalcrossingnewhorizons

The cover to the last part of the original Death’s Head’s real time read through. Released in 1990, this Geoff Senior and Walt Simonson cover is just the tip of the iceberg of the goodies this contained. Full review now up on the blog: oink.blog/2025/10/27/d... 💀🦾🐽 #DeathsHead #MarvelUK #comicsky

I love waking up these days 😁 #catdad #lovelycat #catfriend #catpal #goodmorningcat #catbed #wakingupwithmycat

Last bit of Halloween weekend viewing. #Dracula

Jim Campbell took an in-depth look at the ‘ovomorph’ (the alien egg) in the latest #Aliens #comic on sale across the UK this month back in ‘93. Brilliantly staying in character as “the company”, you can check it out in full in the latest real time review on the blog: oink.blog/2025/10/21/a... 👽🦷🦷🐽

Miss you dad. Happy Birthday ❤️❤️❤️

Halloween weekend viewing. #Christine

Fancy some chillingly funny comics for free? Who ya gonna call? Me! Grab yourself a handful of The Real Ghostbusters comics in the latest OiNK Blog Doubles Competition this Halloween weekend. 👻🚫🐽 #TheRealGhostbusters #Ghostbusters #MarvelUK #comics #comicsky

39 years! 39 years!! Today, all those years ago, this cover appeared on comics shelves and caught my attention. I giggled, my parents bought me it, and so began my obsession with OiNK and my love of comics. You can check out the full review from 2021 here: oink.blog/2021/11/01/o... 🐽🐽🐽 #comicsky

Halloween weekend viewing. #Psycho

1/4: Halloween in the OiNK Blog. Up now… 🧵

A special Halloween treat for Super Naturals fans. Artist Alan Langford, who brought so much atmosphere and epic portrayals of evil to it, chatted to me about the comic and his influence. It’s up now on the blog. 👻💀🐽 #SuperNaturals #comics #comicsky #80stoys #80smemories #tonkatoys

Smudge had some visitors yesterday, his little brother Ollie and sister Lily. Back in his old home he’d run outside when they came, but yesterday he ate chicken lollies out of their hands… well, he grabbed Lily’s and scarpered upstairs 🤣

I’m very sad to say we’ve lost another OiNK great, the incredibly talented Ron Tiner. Known for his brilliant spoofing of everything from King Solomon’s Mines to The Professionals, he’ll be sadly missed by pig pals. A look back at some of his OiNK contributions can be found at the link. 🐽 #comicsky

1/2: Week 37 #DalekDay37 This massive chunk of solid metal holds together the previous two base plates, with the tiniest little nuts and screws #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding #modelkit #partwork #hachette

Post Your Mount Rushmore of GameCube games If ever there was a reason for BlueSky to allow more than four images it’s this! These defined the system for me ❤️

I now have a full-time supervisor while working on the OiNK Blog. Regular readers will recognise this face and finally he’s come to live with me. The story of Smudge is up on the blog, a little personal post that makes me smile. 🐈‍⬛🐽

Over a year after his final issue fans of #DeathsHead could rejoice, yes? Yes, because he returned in graphic novel, The Body in Question. Written by Simon Furman & drawn/coloured by Geoff Senior, it’s one helluva send off! You can check out the full review up on the blog. 💀🦾🐽 #MarvelUK #comicsky

It appears the #DarkHorse International #comics I’ve covered on the blog all have #Gameboy games linked to their licences. Last Christmas I showed you the brilliant Jurassic Park game on my original handheld. Now it’s the turn of both #Aliens AND #Predator! 👽🦷🦷🔫🐽 Link: oink.blog/2025/10/25/a...

Last Christmas I raved over the Jurassic Park #Nintendo #GameBoy game, a purchase I made after seeing the adverts & competition in the classic comic. Now, just in time for Halloween I’ve bought the #Alien V #Predator game for the system. It’s a handheld horror. But in what way? 👽🦷🦷🔫🐽 #comicsky

Today in 1987 some Fleetway comics contained a free preview of what turned out to be a short-lived but oh-so-brill licensed horror anthology comic, #SuperNaturals! Check it out at the link. Fans should watch out for a special treat this Halloween on the blog! 🎃 Link: oink.blog/2021/10/24/s... 👻💀🐽

Tonight’s Grand Designs was so sad. After the last few years of my own life and the people I’ve lost, I’ll admit I cried at points. The house, as gorgeous as it was in the end, was almost secondary. Kevin’s final words from Pip’s book… ❤️

Robert Mentor’s Aliens cover was partially obscured this month in 1993 by that very rare thing back then, a free gift! What other surprises lay in wait in issue 17 of Dark Horse International’s UK comic? Find out in the full review at the link. 👽🦷🦷🐽 Link: oink.blog/2025/10/21/a...

This day in 1988… Did you own any of these issues? Do you remember the origin of Slimer or the shock ending to Transformers? What was the Count Duckula Special like? More details and access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far at this link: oink.blog/2025/10/22/t... 📚✅🐽 #comicsky

1/2: Week 36 #DalekDay36 Another week and more parts of the most evil creature in the universe to build. Another metal section of the base along with more skirt and pedestal supports. #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding #modelkit #partwork #hachette

On this day back in 1993 Dark Horse International brought their UK readers one of the very best all-round issues of Aliens yet! We even got what amounted to an Aliens humour strip! Don’t believe me? Check out the full review now up on the blog. 👽🦷🦷🐽 #Alien #Aliens #AlienEarth #comicsky

How am I meant to get anything done ever again? 🥰 #catsky

First full week with Smudge now living with me. I cat sitted him for years but the situation was untenable, he needed a proper home filled with proper love for him. This is us in the middle of a game of hide and seek 😹 Happy #Caturday everyone!

Two years ago we lost one of the nicest, most generous people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. I was fortunate to be able to have some fantastic chats with #TonyHusband over the course of the blog’s life, in this latest post I’ve summed up what he told me about creating #OiNK. ✍️🎨🐽 #comicsky

A new special episode of this has dropped! A complete surprise after news of its cancellation! Can’t wait to watch this 😂🤣 #TheCompletelyMadeUpAdventuresOfDickTurpin #NoelFielding #dickturpin #bakeoff

Smudge has impeccable taste. Also I 😂 when I see which two wall pictures are just about visible in this photo lol. #newcatdad #catdad #knightrider #davidhasselhoff #80stv #bestcatever #cutestlittlecat #kitt #williamdaniels #lapcat

On this day in 1991 I bought my first magazine and it changed my life. #CommodoreFormat brought joy for years, inspiring me to create a diskzine for the #C64, the very beginning of a journey to where I find myself now. Here’s the retrospective I wrote on the blog: oink.blog/2023/10/17/c... ⌨️🕹️📼🐽

Horace (Ugly Face) Watkins by the late (and very, very great) #TonyHusband was one of the most iconic characters from OiNK. Tony even updated us on his career and adult life over the years. Catch up with Horace in the latest blog post: oink.blog/2025/10/14/w... 🐣🦢🐽 #oinkcomic #OiNK #comicsky

Can you remember the contents of any of these issues or specials from week 12 of Marvel UK’s checklists? More details and access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far at this link: oink.blog/2025/10/15/t... 📚✅🐽 #comicsky #marveluk #marvelcomics

1/2: Week 35 #DalekDay Given how symmetrical a Dalek is we must be jumping about to stop repetition setting in. Moving on to the base now with skirt supports and pedestal adapters. #thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding #modelkit #partwork #hachette