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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
My Interview with Marc Casto
My Interview with Zitty Ben
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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