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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.
Nintendo Switch Friend Code: SW-2865-2006-8998
I say these count as Smudge using his new tower and cushion 😂

#newcatdad #lovebeingacatdad #daftcat #rescuecatsrule #bestfurryfriend
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Smudge is tuckered out from chasing his feather toy for 15 mins straight xx #caturday
January 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
On this day in 1987, 39 years ago(!) came OiNK’s fitness special! Complete with my kind of exercises and many other highlights that you can check out in the blog’s review from 10th January 2022. 🏋️‍♀️🥗🐽

oink.blog/2022/01/10/o...

#oinkcomic #funnycomics #comicsky #comics
January 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I feel rested after the holidays. I’m ready for #Christmas2026 🎄🎅🎁
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
It was a big week for Transformers in the UK at the beginning of 1989. The 200th issue kicked off the new year! Can you remember this milestone? And the other comics?

More details, full screen images & access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2026/01/07/t... 📚✅🐽
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
1/3: Week 47 #DalekDay47

Concluding the base frame portion of the build.

#thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
As the decorations get packed away until November again, Smudge says goodbye for now to Tom Thug.
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
First day of the new year I’m not wearing any Christmassy clothes. Booo! This sucks!
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Never AI. Not for writing, not for editing, nor for plotting, not for research, not for design, not for anything… #NoAI
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Phil Boyce
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Obligatiry snow photos and a cat who’s very happy he doesn’t have to be stuck out in it anymore. 🥰

#snowdays❄️ #newyearsnow #happynew2026 #belfastireland #toastycat
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I’m immensely proud of the work I put into the blog for this Christmas. Why not spend the weekend catching up on the smorgasbord of treats on the OiNK Blog from the holidays? What a season it was! To access these & more(!) just head on over to the Christmas 2025 menu: oink.blog/2025/11/24/i... 🎄🎅🐽
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I can’t believe I’m recycling the TV Times Christmas edition already!! Where’d the holidays go?!
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
1/3: Week 46 #DalekDay46

Initially more of the same from last week but then when I out it WITH last week’s… oooh! There’s that shape again. Also, I’ve a very strict Quality Control supervisor as you can you.

#thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding
January 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
What a Christmas season it’s been on the blog! As usual I’m wrapping it all up with my New Year’s message to my readers who I’m so, so grateful for. I hope you all have a great night whatever you’re doing (personally I’m with a friend waiting for Jools) and that 2026 brings you much joy and peace.
HELLO 2026!
I’m reticent to go into details of my plans for 2026 as I look back on my previous two New Year’s Eve messages. I’ll happily not mention 2024 again, and 2025 saw things get off to a great start bef…
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December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
37 years ago today 1989 was about to start with a bang thanks to Marvel UK’s top two best-selling comics. Do you remember these issues as a kid?

More details, full screen images and access to the full Mighty Marvel UK Checklist series so far here: oink.blog/2025/12/31/t... 📚✅🐽
December 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It’s a who’s who of 80s pop stars in the Grunts Celebrity Special. All those times OiNK’s celebrity fans made it into the comic. Surely the highlight of their careers! You can check them all out in the post now up: oink.blog/2025/12/30/t... 🤵‍♂️🤵‍♀️🪭🐽
December 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
To mark OiNK’s 40th anniversary, next year a series of posts will look back at every contribution made to our fave comic by all you pig pals out there. First though, for Christmas let’s have a Celebrity Special, shall we? All those times celebrity fans popped up in OiNK in now up on the blog. 🤵‍♂️🤵‍♀️🪭🐽
THE GRUNTS CELEBRiTiES SPECiAL
In 2026 I’ll be starting a new regular series for OiNK’s pig pals, specifically those pig pals who wrote in to Uncle Pigg and had the thrill of seeing their name in the comic. Grunts was the …
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December 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m not saying OiNK co-editor Patrick Gallagher leads a rock’n’roll lifestyle… but he kinda does. Check out the details behind these photos and a load more shared by others in the OiNK team in the OiNK Scrapbook, now up on the blog: oink.blog/2025/12/28/t... #classiccomics #comics #comicsky
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Loving my new t-shirt 🐈‍⬛
December 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Psycho Gran’s David Leach looking sprightly and Mr Big Nose’s Jeremy Banx looking dubious. Just some of the bits shared by OiNK’s team over the years, all compiled together into the OiNK Scrapbook now up on the blog for you to wile away some of your Void Week with: oink.blog/2025/12/28/t... 📸🎞️📔🐽
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The 1st ever #Transformers Annual depicted them as toy-accurate & don’t they look gorgeous! John Ridgway, John Stokes, Jeff Anderson & the always amazing Gina Hart did a wonderful job! You can check out more of their highlights in the full review now up on the blog: oink.blog/2025/12/25/t... 🚚🤖❄️🎅🐽
December 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some highlights from the glorious, hardback volume from Christmas 1987 that celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Dandy & Beano. As Beano approaches its 90th in a few years I cracked this open for the first time in nearly 4 decades. Come check it out on the OiNK Blog: oink.blog/2025/12/26/t... 😜🤣🐽
December 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In a gorgeous hardback book released for Christmas 1987, DC Thomson celebrated 50 glorious years of The Dandy and Beano. You can check out classic strips, making-of insights, celebrity readers, historical moments etc in the full review from Boxing Day: oink.blog/2025/12/26/t... 😜🤣🐽
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM