After he hunted down a customer to threaten them over not including a postcode last issue, this month’s is somewhat different but no less funny, showing how Kev could get great mileage out of just about any concept he came up with. From the three we did get I always got the feeling he was a new regular character. Peter Porter, Post Office Sorter by Kev F Sutherland only appeared in three issues (this being the middle of the trio) and that’s a shame, although with only three regular issues left I guess there just wasn’t a chance to make more. I understand the change was well intentioned, but sometimes I wish IPC Magazines had never sold it to Fleetway and that it had stayed as the themed 32-page fortnightly. Now I feel it was trying to be something different. As a kid it was still ‘OiNK’ to me, however I remember thinking there was something different about it now, other than the logo and frequency. I remember thinking there was something different about OiNK nowĭon’t get me wrong, it’s still got those regular characters and a unique line up of contributors who make me laugh like no other comic. On the cover of the first monthly there was a cheeky reference to two monthly humour magazines and it does feel like OiNK is trying to fit into that part of the market, instead of leading the way with something completely original for children’s humour comics like it had done for its first two years. Speaking of those characters, it’s also sad to see our editor Uncle Pigg permanently relegated to the letters page with no sign of Mary anywhere. Not to take away from anyone else’s hard work of course but Ian was synonymous with the comic, as a child he was OiNK and his Uncle Pigg, Mary Lighthouse, Hadrian Vile, Golden Trough Awards and everything in between were highlights of every issue they were in. In fact by this stage Ian had finished his work for OiNK, with a page or two held back for publication in the issues to come. What we have here is the final Ian Jackson cover for OiNK, which is a sad moment.
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