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Marc Casto
Marc Casto worked for Smash Hits and was responsible for creating the cartoon strip
'Strange Tales From A Music Paper'.
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Running from 29th May 1980 and ending 28th May 1981 the strip ran for a total of 27 Issues.
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The Cartoon was a saterised view of Smash Hits and it's staff but quickly morphed into other
characters such as Zitty Ben.
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Below are the 27 panels in the collection.
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Strange Tales From A Music Paper
29th May - 11th June 1980
01 - Meet The Staff
12th June - 25th June 1980
02 - Strange Creature
26th June - 9th July 1980
03 - Strange Creature
10th July - 23rd July 1980
04 - Zitty Ben
24th July - 6th August 1980
05 - Zitty Ben
7th August - 20th August 1980
06 - Zitty Ben
21st August - 3rd September 1980
07 - Red Starr
4th September - 17th September 1980
08 - Red Starr
18th September - 1st October 1980
09 - Red Starr
2nd October - 15th October 1980
10 - Red Starr
16th October - 29th October 1980
11 - The Beast From The Bog
30th October - 12th November 1980
12 - The Beast From The Bog
13th November - 26th November 1980
13 - The Beast From The Bog
27th November - 10th December 1980
14 - The Beast From The Bog
11th December - 24th December 1980
15 - The Beast From The Bog
25th December 1980 - 7th January 1981
16 - The Beast From The Bog
8th January - 21st January 1981
17 - The Beast From The Bog
22nd January - 4th February 1981
18 - Signs On The Dole
5th February - 18th February 1981
19 - Signs On The Dole
19th February - 4th March 1981
20 - Signs On The Dole
5th March - 18th March 1981
21 - Signs On The Dole
19th March - 1st April 1981
22 - The Jah Warriors
2nd April - 15th April 1981
23 - The Jah Warriors
16th April - 29th April 1981
24 - Captaain Spack
30th April - 13th May 1981
25 - The Dick Heads
14th May - 27th May 1981
26 - Dice With Death
28th May - 10th June 1981
27 - Dice With Death (The End)
Links
Marc Casto's own web page where you can read The New Adventures Of Zitty Ben that Marc is creating.
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There is also an appearance of Myself as the Ace Reporter.
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