Box 3

This material is held atUniversity of Dundee Archive Services

  • Reference
    • GB 254 MS 341/3
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1980s]
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box

Scope and Content

A folder containing the following loose papers: Notes for 'The Naughty Kids' Book' Share holder slip (Oink!) Round the Bend Letter from Helen (to Martin) saying thank you for Mark's obituary Ideas for 'Uncle Tony' MAD A folder containing the following loose papers: Ideas for 'Spitting Image' Writer's Contract for Spitting Image Correspondence Scripts for 'Spitting Image' Puppet List What Happens Next? His notes on what publishers to contact Songs Xmas in Hell Ideas for Spitting Image A folder containing the following loose papers: Correspondence between Mark Rogers and Sue Egan, Labour MP Letter from IPC magazines to Oink! Ant sketches Wiseman Productions Limited financial report Notes on problems producing RTB Special Letter from Mark Rogers to Hat Trick Productions regarding RTB Special production problems Mark Rogers' CV doc Round the Bend Series III, studio script for episode 3 Round the Bend Series III, studio script for episode 4 Letter or notes for letter regarding Manny Curtis and his dislike of Mark Rogers CV notes Letter from Denise O'Donoghue to Linda Seifert, regarding Oink! TV show Wiseman Productions Limited financial report Oink Publishing Limited financial report 1989 Letter from Michael Paton to Publishers regarding Obscene Publications Bill Oink Publishing Limited financial report 1988 Oink Publishing Limited financial report 1987 Poems and song lyrics Mark Rogers' obituary Notes about bacteria Dr. Blood song lyrics A green Batman-themed folder, containing: Outline for Captain Lizard's Greed Comic! Outline for Fallen Angel The Spectacles of Destiny Letters Draft Spectacles of Destiny script from Tony A yellow folder marked 'WATCH THIS SPACE', containing: Watch this Space Space Zoo Space Station Z-0-0-1 A green Batman-themed folder, containing: Possible features for 'Eighteen-Rated' Acid house Pope Sodd Glitt from the Planet Titt A grey folder marked 'BRAIN NOTES', containing: Curse of the Living Brain A green Batman-themed folder marked 'Spectactles Destiny', containing: Spectacles of destiny A green Batman-themed folder marked 'WINJIN' POM', containing: Winjin' Pom The Winjin' Pom script synopses 1-13 A red folder marked 'Biography/Covering letter' and 'MAILING LIST- Silly Street/Domestic Appliances', containing: Letters to and from the BBC, Channel 4, Central Television, Filmfair Ltd Addresses of places to send scripts A yellow folder marked 'SPACE CASE NOTES', containing: Space case A yellow folder marked 'RTB III ANIMATION FINAL DRAFTS', containing: Round the bend programme outlines A grey folder marked 'HERO PARODIES + OTHERS', containing: Batman Bulk Superbman Spiderboy Cattywoman RTB Captain American Hansel and Gretel Little Red Riding Hood Ernest Stutt, the Short Sighted Nut Wooly the Wonder Sheep Kenny's Magic Kilt Parody songs The Oddbods Doc MP Teenage Mutant Ninja Toilets Thunderpants A brown envelope, containing: Lots of short scripts - untitled A Batman-themed notebook, containing: Trainspotters School trip Grandad pat Ant boy A Yellow folder marked 'Ideas for Hat Trick', containing: The Alternative Eurovision Song Contest Domestic Appliances Pop Comic Space Zoo The Spectacles of Destiny Ronnie the Rhino Outrageous Shorts RTB A red folder marked 'OUTRAGEOUS SHORTS ETC.', containing: Curse of the living brain A red notebook, containing: Sketches, draft scripts etc A clear folder marked 'New Ideas inc. ACTION GITS', containing: Outrageous Shorts Scene from a Play A blue folder marked 'OO-EE-OO', containing: OO-EE-OO Dimension [relating to] The Curse of the Living Brain A brown envelope, containing: Flexi-discs The Oinkletts Uncle Pigg A yellow folder, marked 'WAPPING EXPERIMENT. MY TEXT', containing: The Batley Experiment: A Teenage Romance Queer Fish A notebook containing scripts Notes on 'Wapping Experiment' Old script for 'The Wapping/Batley Experiment' A blue notebook containing: Sketches A green folder marked 'SPLATTER PUNKS - PRINTOUT.', containing: Splatterpunks script Splatterpunks notes

Administrative / Biographical History

Mark Rogers was an artist who with Patrick Gallagher and Tony Husband founded Oink! magazine, a subversive and alternative kids' comic with broad appeal. It was published by Fleetway publications between 1986 and 1988, eventually merged with Buster. The founders went on to create the children's TV series Round the Bend.
There's an Oink! Facebook group which Tony Husband and some of the artists post on. OinkComic@groups.facebook.com

Arrangement

Usually chronological within series.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Passed to the School of English and transferred to the Archive by the depositor, as part of the Comics collection

Note

Mark Rogers was an artist who with Patrick Gallagher and Tony Husband founded Oink! magazine, a subversive and alternative kids' comic with broad appeal. It was published by Fleetway publications between 1986 and 1988, eventually merged with Buster. The founders went on to create the children's TV series Round the Bend.
There's an Oink! Facebook group which Tony Husband and some of the artists post on. OinkComic@groups.facebook.com

Archivist's Note

Description compiled by Hailey Austin

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Additional Information

Published