(consisting almost entirely of reprinted material) in 1990. The comic's founders, Patrick Gallagher, Tony Husband and Mark Rodgers, were offered a TV deal which resulted in the show Round the Bend. Three Oink! strips transferred to Buster: "Weedy Willy", "Pete and his Pimple" and "Tom Thug", the latter appearing through to the comic's last issue in 1999. In 1987 Oink! was made into a computer game of the same name. Mark Rodgers' archives relating to Oink! are held by Archive Services, University of Dundee. Notable strips Some of the most popular recurring characters in the comic were: Uncle Pigg, whose staff were known as the Plops (apparently, sentient mounds of faeces) and who had an ongoing battle with conservative critic Mary Lighthouse (an obvious parody of Mary Whitehouse) (usually written by Mark Rodgers, artwork by Ian Jackson) The Street-Hogs (writer Mark Rodgers, artwork Malcolm Douglas as J.T. Dogg), anthropomorphic crime-fighting biker pigs. Harry the Head (he was only a head) (Marc Riley) Billy's Brain (he was only a brain) (David Haldane) Horace "Ugly Face" Watkins (Tony Husband) Weedy Willy (artwork Mike Green, sometimes written by Mark Rodgers, Vaughan Brunt or others) Pete and his Pimple (the Pimple was on Pete's nose and was bigger than he was) (Lew Stringer) The Secret Diary of Hadrian Vile (an obvious parody of Adrian Mole) (writer Mark Rodgers, artwork Ian Jackson) Tom Thug (who spent most of the first six months of publication attempting to tie his shoelaces) (Lew Stringer) Mr Bignose (Jeremy Banks) Burp The Smelly Alien (who could talk to his internal organs, many of which could talk back) (Jeremy Banks) Rubbish Man (an inept superhero) (David Haldane) Hugo the Hungry Hippo (David Haldane) Cowpat County (Davy Francis) Frank Sidebottom (Chris Sievey) Psycho Gran (David Leach) Satirist Charlie Brooker, who was still at school at the time, contributed various strips, none of which were true "regulars" individually, but which recurred in loose rotation. These included "Freddie Flop (He Falls to Pieces)", "Disgusting Des", "Clint Gritwood, The Trigger-Happy Cop", "The Adventures of Death" and "Transmogrifying Tracey (She Can Change Into Anything She Likes!)". Aside from straightforward comic strips, the comic would also include spoof news items, adverts (usually for the fictional GBH brand) and so forth. The comic also featured many parodies of films, TV shows, and strips from other comics. There were also regular photo stories, with photography by James Gallagher (and