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Phil Boyce
@philedboyce.bsky.social
Have been writing the https://OiNK.blog for four years and am now spreading my wings into other mediums. Will be chronicling my attempts here.

47 - Belfast, Ireland.
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THIS brings back all the childhood Christmassy feels! A superb annual, chock full of content, brilliantly written & genuinely funny. A treasured book during Christmas 1988, if you want to sample Marvel UK’s #RealGhostbusters this is what you should look out for. Full review now up. 👻🚫🐽 #ghostbusters
THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS ANNUAL #1: PHUNNY PHANTOMS
While many comics of the 80s such as The Transformers and our very own OiNK would have to wait until their second year for their first annual, with The Real Ghostbusters Marvel UK went all-in and p…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Disaronno and Coke.” - “Is Pepsi okay?” - “Yes, it’s nicer!”

My favourite festive tipple. Tastes like marzipan and Christmas!

#christmasdrink #disaronno @disaronno_official #pepsi @pepsiuk #christmastipple #marzipan #christmasflavours #holidaysarehere #christmasnights #christmas2025🎄🎅🎁
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
More classic #MarvelUK #comics on sale this week back in 1988. Did you own any of this week’s issues? New Death’s Head and new Dragon’s Claws were surely memorable!

More details, full screen images and access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2025/12/03/t... 📚✅🐽
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
1/2: Week 42 #DalekDay #DalekDay42

I won’t bore you with me having to redo a fortnight’s worth of building because of a cock up two issues ago (completely my own fault, metal base plate in the wrong placing above/below others, now nice and snug) and just concentrate on this week’s.
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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What a prize I’ve got for CHRISTMAS! It had to be annuals. 4 annuals in fact! Tis’ the season after all, so if you’d like to grab yourself 3 Knight Rider annuals & a Real Ghostbusters annual and relive the 80s this holiday season, just nip over to the blog & answer the easy peasy question! 🚘🤖👻🚫🐽
THE BiG CHRiSTMAS COMPETiTiON: OiNK BLOG DOUBLES COMPETiTiON
If last month’s competition is anything to go by then this Christmas compo should be really rather popular. First though, the lucky winner of six random issues of Marvel UK’s hilarious …
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December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I love this character!! Rebellion really needs to do a second volume of his later John Geering strips! Until then he’ll always be a highlight of the Big Comic Book every year on the blog. You can check out TWO of his entries in the full review now up on the site: oink.blog/2025/11/29/b... 📕🎄🎅🐽
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This year’s tree.

#christmas2025
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Originally only reprinting pages from three comics, now the Big Comic Book series was pulling classics from no less than nine different titles! Who made the grade in the 1990 book? Find out in the review now up on the blog: oink.blog/2025/11/29/b... 📕🎄🎅🐽 #classiccomics #comics #comicsky
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Forgot to post the other night, me and Smudge enjoying our first movie of the season. #thosearentpillows #christmasmovienight

#planestrainsandautomobiles #stevemartin #johncandy #80smovies #80sfilms #80scomedy
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The finished product, and when you realise they no longer make rum and raisin ice cream for your warm mince pies you find a workaround 😂🥧🍨🎄

#slowcookermeals #mincepies #rumandraisin #christmaseats #christmasfood #giantyorkshirepudding #saturdaydinner
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s a tradition on the OiNK Blog that the first annual each year is the next Big Comic Book. The 4th volume contains more classic strips from a wider variety of classic comics than before. What are the highlights this year (besides Gums)? Check out the review to find out. 📕🎄🎅🐽 #comicsky #comics
BiG COMiC BOOK 1990: NOW WiTH ADDED iNGREDiENTS
How can I be four books deep into this read through already? That’s over 1,000 pages and half of my collection. Fleetway’s Big Comic Book 1990 strode into a new decade by visiting the past on…
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November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
With these strips you have to be CAREFUL when researching online! #Beano 272 was the first to sell >>>puts little finger to my mouth<<< 1,000,000 copies! You can check out more highlights (& the first Christmas strip of the season) in the full review now up on the blog: oink.blog/2025/11/27/b... 🥇🐽
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sausages in a caramelised onion gravy in the slow cooker, and creamy mushrooms on toast to start my day. I do like to feed myself at #Christmas 😂

#slowcookermeals #slowcookermagic #mushroomsontoast #christmaseats #christmasbrunch #lovetocook #homecookedmeals #christmas2025🎄🎅🎁
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Somehow, despite the Second World War having not long finished and paper shortages still in full effect, Beano managed to sell 1,000,000 copies of issue 272! It went on sale 80 years ago this week and you can check it out in the latest post now up on the blog: oink.blog/2025/11/27/b... 🥇🐽 #beano
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Whoops. For some reason I uploaded photos of the #OiNK books instead of these ads. That’s corrected now, so you can also check them out in all their OiNKness in the post alongside all the others for #MarvelUK and #Fleetway annuals here: oink.blog/2025/11/25/y... 🎅📚🐽 #christmasreads #comicsky
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Two buses to get here and now two to get home. But he’s worth it ❤️ #christmasshoppingforcats (and thanks especially to Veronika in #petsathomenewtownabbey)

#catdad #petsathome #petsathomeabbeycentre #abbeycentre #shoppingformycat #cattreats #lovemycat❤️ #whatidoformycat
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
80 years ago today the 272nd edition of #Beano became the first copy to sell 1,000,000 copies! Celebrate the anniversary of the comic’s achievement by reading its full review as part of the 80th Anniversary Box Set series on the blog now. Oh, and it contains a festive strip. Win-win. 🥇🐽 #comicsky
BEANO #272: A BiRTHDAY BALL
Welcome back to our irregular real time read through of the eight celebratory editions of Beano from DC Thomson’s 80th anniversary box set. Next up is the first issue to have sold one million copie…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
To me, there are two covers from Fleetway’s 80s annuals which stand out more than any other. Can you guess which two? 😂🤣 Check out eight years of annuals adverts from Fleetway and Marvel UK on the blog: oink.blog/2025/11/25/y... 🎅📚🐽 #comicsky #christmas
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Do you remember any of these issues released by Marvel UK today in 1988? A tropical island/spaceship & the Ghostbusters committing fraud were highlights for me!

More details, full screen images and access to the full Mighty #MarvelUK Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2025/11/26/t... 📚✅🐽
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM