Hector the Cat eight of his nine lives due to "ignorance of road safety practices". This was followed by a short instructional film. In subsequent years other characters were introduced in calendars, instructional films, and comic books including Millie, his girlfriend (1973), Uncle Tom (1974), Hector and Millie's three kittens (1975) and his space friend Ding Dong (1982). A study in 1978 found that, although children enjoyed the characters and stories, the material had a number of inadequacies. It stressed that road safety research findings and child development theory would need to be considered for any future development. The character is currently used
Hector Plasm than what they had seen from us before... So we put together a book that contained lots of elements we enjoyed - ghost stories, international folklore, dudes cutting things with swords, classical mythology, all of that. So we threw it all together with a feel of southern Gothic folk music and sea shanties, and out came Hector." -Benito Cereno, SilverBulletComics.com interview. Hector Plasm Hector Plasm is the name of a comic book character, created by Benito Cereno (writer) and Nate Bellegarde (artist). The duo had started out writing back-up stories in Invincible for Image comics. Hector Plasm stories have been