Spit! was the name of a British adult

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that was published from 1994. Chris Donald ''Rude Kids: The Unfeasible Story of Viz''- Page 245 2004 - Our lawyer had already told us the charge would never stick. You have to be a counterfeiter rather than a copycat to be guilty of passing off. But Russell Church's legal advice wasn't as good as ours and he pursued Spit all the way to the High Court where the judge ruled that nobody 'with reasonable apprehension and proper eyesight' could confuse Spit with Zit. Church was landed with his opponent's legal bill, estimated at ... It was one of many such comics similar to '' Viz'', and was also considerably cruder and of lower production quality than its inspiration, many strips ending with

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. As well as comic strips, it also included photo strips, joke articles,

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references, and adverts for phone lines and mail order products. One of its contributing writer/cartoonists was

Allin Kempthorne Allin Kempthorne (born 1972) is a British actor, magician and entertainer. As a magician he works under three distinct identities as Alan Thorn, Professor Strange (with which he appeared on the television show Britain's Got Talent) and Gizmo. He ...

who has since gone on to become a television and film actor and writer. Another contributing writer/cartoonist was Gary Bell, who has since gone on to become an addiction treatment activist and blogge

appearing in the 2014 documentary

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to talk about his experience of using

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to recover from a decades long battle with

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