THE MAKING OF OINK!
The editor of the controversial comic Oink! was a pig. Uncle Pigg to be exact. He oversaw 68 issues between 3 May 1986 and 22 October 1988, providing kids with a swill of satire and toilet humour that put it as far apart from the Beano and Whizzer And Chips as you could possibly get.
With anarchic characters such as Weedy Willy, Psycho Gran, Billy’s Brain, Mr Bignose, Burp The Smelly Alien and The Street-Hogs, revolutionised the comic landscape. There were photo-led strips, crazy ads called madverts and parodies galore. WHSmith didn’t know what to do with it, eventually consigning the publication to the top shelves
