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I think it was a flexi disc by Uncle Pig or something - but it was really by Marc Riley from The Fall/Mark & Lard. Wish I still had it in my pile of flexis, I mean, I've still got Bernard Cribbins talks about Hornby Trains...
― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Sunday, 10 October 2004 11:24 (nineteen years ago) link
There were two songs on the flexi. One by The Plops, one by Uncle Pig. I remember some of the words.
"
Mum's cooking drives me looney,
My sister is a witch
My little brother tells tales on me
And my father's far from rich
There's only one thing in this world that helps me get along
It's when I think of Uncle Pigg and do the oink-oink song,
I just go
poo poo tinkle tinkle parp parp oink
until I dont feel sad
poo poo tinkle tinkle parp parp oink
and things don't seem so bad."
Phew, that took a lot of memory power.
The flexi was on Marc Riley's IN-TAPE record label, I recall.
For some reason the song remains fresher in my memory than the comic, however, other characters I remember were the one about the satanic toaster (purchased from a shopkeeper called Natas Speltbackwards), Pete's Pimple, Ed Banger (drawn by Riley), plus many strips by Tony Husband.
I still have a few unstuck stickers which came in a later issue. Like a lot of great, funny comics, it got a bit crap later on but the first year or so was spectacular. I think I got into it because I was a big fan of Marc Riley and the Creepers. In about 1986 I met Marc Riley backstage at a Creepers gig and he drew a little cartoon for me. I was thrilled at the time.
― everything, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 21:59 (nineteen years ago) link
The Oink! flexi was reissued as a proper, hard, on-sale-in-shops 7" EP/single sort of thing. I must have a root around and see if I can find my copy
― David Simpson (David Simpson), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 06:48 (nineteen years ago) link
I seem to remember somebody called Horace with a radioactive mutated head, and some existential detective, whose 6-part story ended up with him being turned into sausages by the Butcher -- v. disturbing.
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:03 (nineteen years ago) link
There was a (very affectionate)parody of Dan Dare (called Ham Dare, I think) by somebody called J P Dogg, which ranks with the Morrison/Hughes Dare graphic novel as one of the few successful post-Hampson takes on the character.
― David Simpson (David Simpson), Thursday, 14 October 2004 10:51 (nineteen years ago) link
ten years pass...
And, niche of a niche of a niche, here's the amazing Van Hellsong stories (which I can still remember frame by frame 30 years on): http://we.tl/EJ9m76P1nu
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 25 May 2015 12:31 (eight years ago) link
one year passes...
Never thought I'd see a thread on ilx about this comic. I was obsessed with this thing back in the day. My bedroom adhorned every single pin up that they featured in the centre pages.
Will have to spend some time on that blog
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link