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Classic Comics in Real Time Phil Boyce - 47 - Belfast, Ireland https://oink.blog

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Will be closing down this account in a few days, remember to follow along using my personal account @philedboyce.bsky.social instead! 😁 (I’m just centralising everything so all my writing projects are under one account)

20.05.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1/3: I’ve decided to merge this OiNK Blog account into my personal one, so please give me a follow at @PhilEdBoyce if you’d like. Why am I doing this? …

04.05.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

3/3: Secondly, the OiNK Blog is seen as an outlier from my print writing projects at the moment, but it’s been HUGELY important to me and continues to be, so I’d like to share it on my personal writer’s account instead. ❀️ So I’ll see all you pig pals over at @PhilEdBoyce.bsky.social 😁🐽

04.05.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/3: Firstly, I’ve a few different writing projects coming up and would like everything under one roof, as it were. I was going to do the same as the blog and make social accounts for each, but none of us have the time to check half a dozen accounts every day! …

04.05.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1/3: I’ve decided to merge this OiNK Blog account into my personal one, so please give me a follow at @PhilEdBoyce if you’d like. Why am I doing this? …

04.05.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Not according to Unleashed, no.

03.05.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I do love me some Dinobots. The full review Transformers: Generation 2 no.8, on sale this month back in 1994, is now up on the blog. 🌌πŸͺπŸššπŸ€–πŸ½

Link: oink.blog/2025/04/27/t...

#Transformers #comicsky #Hasbro #Dinobots

03.05.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OiNK BLOG DOUBLES COMPETiTiON: MAY 2025 Thanks once again to all who entered last month’s competition to win an issue each of OiNK and Buster. Any pig pal worth their salty bacon should’ve known the FULL name of Jeremy Banx’s spoof chara…

There are no less than NINE issues of the classic #Wildcat comic up for grabs in this mouth’s blog competition. Enter for your chance to win three-quarters of the original run, the question to answer is now up on the blog. 🐽

#comicsky #comicssky #classiccomics

01.05.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yet another incredible Derek Yaniger cover adorned the latest issue of #Marvel US’ #Transformers Generation 2 this week back in 1994. What’s inside certainly lives up to its promise, as you can see in the full review now up on the blog. 🌌πŸͺπŸššπŸ€–πŸ½
Link: oink.blog/2025/04/27/t...
#TransformersG2 #comicsky

28.04.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TRANSFORMERS GENERATiON 2 #8: iNTO HiGH GEAR Having only finished the real time read through of the original G1 comic last year it doesn’t feel too long ago that the Autobots and Decepticons teamed up to defeat Unicron, so the big selling poi…

Do #Transformers fans really need anything other than this brilliant image of #OptimusPrime to check out the latest real time read through? We’re two-thirds of the way through Generation 2 and things have picked up a gear. The full review is now up on the blog. 🌌πŸͺπŸššπŸ€–πŸ½
#TransformersG2 #comicsky

27.04.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just some of the chilling moments from the latest edition of the UK’s #Aliens comic from 1993. Issue 11 is the best yet, layering on the atmosphere and shocks one on top of the other. You can check it out in the full review now up on the blog. πŸ‘½πŸ¦·πŸ¦·πŸ½

Link: oink.blog/2025/04/22/a...

#comicsky

26.04.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colin MacNeil’s atmospheric cover for the 11th issue of #Aliens, published this week in the UK in 1993, welcomed readers to what would turn out to be the best issue of the run so far! You can check out highlights and a full review now on the blog. πŸ‘½πŸ¦·πŸ¦·πŸ½

Link: oink.blog/2025/04/22/a...

#comicsky

24.04.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ALiENS #11: WE’RE iN SOME REAL PRETTY SHiT NOW, MAN! This comic is never short of fantastic covers and Colin MacNeil’s introduction to #11 of Dark Horse International’s Aliens is no exception, depicting the next chapter in the Colonial Marines epic f…

32 years ago today a simply superb issue of #Aliens arrived on UK newsagents’ shelves. The atmosphere is thick in this one from cover-to-cover and it contained more than one truly horrific moment for me. It’s a belter! You can check out the full review, now up on the blog. πŸ‘½πŸ¦·πŸ¦·πŸ½

#comicsky #Predator

22.04.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can it get any more 80s than this? Find out in the latest selection of adverts from OiNK, now up on the blog. πŸ“šπŸ½

Link: oink.blog/2025/04/17/p...

#comicsky #oinkcomic #80s

21.04.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So does this mean you’ve only existed since 8pm Saturday?

21.04.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I always think I only had a handful of Transformers, but every time I see these I realise I had much more. I remembering having all four sets here!

21.04.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vincent D'Onofrio pig tilt stargazing tweet https://twitter.com/vincentdonofrio/status/1119703427179663360

Vincent D'Onofrio pig tilt stargazing tweet https://twitter.com/vincentdonofrio/status/1119703427179663360

happy 5th anniversary to the best tweet of the last decade

20.04.2024 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1588    πŸ” 490    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 17
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Wow! Congratulations @2000ad.bsky.social on 500 issues!! It can’t last much longer than that, though, surely?! πŸ˜‰ More classic #comics adverts from the late 80s in part four of my look back at OiNK’s >REAL< ads, now up on the blog. πŸ“šπŸ½

Link: oink.blog/2025/04/17/p...

#OiNKcomic #comicsky #2000AD

18.04.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.

18.04.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Done, Dan! πŸ‘

17.04.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The usual keyboard warriors versus overwhelming positivity from the vast majority of people does not make something β€œdivisive” or β€œcontroversial”. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

This is a post about #DoctorWho πŸ‘ ❀️🟦❀️

17.04.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PiTCHiNG TO PiGLETS PART FOUR: COMiCS & BOOKS Welcome to part four of our look back at the real advertisements in OiNK (rather than the spoof Madvertisements), a series of posts taking us all back to life in the 1980s. After reminiscing about …

It’s time to take a trip back to the #80s and some more of the lovely #retro adverts from the pages of #OiNK! This time the theme is #comics and books, all of the other printed material our editor Uncle Pigg allowed to advertise in his tome. You can check them all out on the blog now. πŸ“šπŸ½
#comicsky

17.04.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely stuff

17.04.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll be honest, this is the first I’ve really come across his work. The style of art in this adaptation is glorious.

17.04.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m getting that impression!

17.04.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It must’ve been daunting to adapt such a gorgeous film as #BramStokersDracula. The team behind the #comic chose minimalism, shadows & atmosphere, & it worked! A poster montage of the characters would look stunning. You can check out the latest from 1993 below. πŸ¦·πŸ¦·πŸ§›πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸΊπŸ½
Link: oink.blog/2025/04/13/b...

16.04.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We read this in the UK as the back up strip in #Transformers. Loved it!

16.04.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In a couple of weeks I’m starting to watch the whole series (available free on iTVX in HD) one episode a week to countdown to my Christmas decorations going up πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ (last episode is a festive one). I’d no idea it was the anniversary year too! #Thunderbirds

16.04.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do people know that Marvel comics including cops with Punisher skulls was a response to IRL cops forming gangs and using excessive & lethal force with those skulls? So Marvel said β€œuh, what the hell?” and created storylines explicitly saying β€œdo not support these people”.

16.04.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1