Kev F. Sutherland

Kev F Sutherland
Born	October 18 1961 Aberdeen, Scotland
Medium	television, theatre, radio, comic books
Nationality	Scottish
Genres	comedy
Notable works and roles	The Sitcom Trials The Beano The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
Website	comicfestival.co.uk

Kev F. Sutherland is a comedian and comic strip creator. His TV work includes The Sitcom Trials and A-Z of Rude Health for ITV. Since 2005, Sutherland has written, produced and performed as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

His comic strips appear in the UK comic The Beano, chiefly comedy adventures starring The Bash Street Kids, with Dennis The Menace, Roger the Dodger and Minnie the Minx. In 2007 he wrote Billy the Cat vs General Jumbo in The Beano Annual

Sutherland's previous comic strip work includes Star Trek and Doctor Strange for Marvel Comics, Goosebumps for The Funday Times, educational illustration for Scholastic and Harper Collins, Zig & Zag's Zogazine, Red Dwarf Smegazine (both for Fleetway), and miscellaneous strips for Doctor Who Magazine, Oink, Viz, 2000AD, Warrior, Gladiators (based on the LWT TV series), and many more.

He created The Sitcom Trials in 1999, on stage in London and Bristol, at the Edinburgh Fringe 2001, 2002 and 2004, and in Hollywood in 2005. It continues on stage in London's West End.

From 1999-2004, Sutherland was the producer of the UK's Comic Festival in Bristol. He is also a stand up comedian and caricaturist. From 1994 to 2004, Sutherland was a regular compere at Bristol's Comedy Box where he developed the audience interactive gameshow Win Some Beer and first performed the now famous tribute to Michael Jackson's Earthsong.

Selected TV

• Battle of the Books (BBC)
• The Sitcom Trials (ITV)
• A-Z of Rude Health (HTV)

Selected comics

• Oink - first published work 1988
• The Beano
• Red Dwarf Smegazine
• Doctor Who Magazine
• Viz - wrote & drew Tarquin Hoylet, He Has To Go To The Toilet
• 2000AD - very early (still at school) work on Captain Klep, 1981
• Goosebumps wrote strip adaptation in Funday Times
• Dr Strange, Star Trek, Werewolf By Night (Marvel)
• UT
• Toxic - Hot Rod Cow (a character which has been referenced in Kev F's Beano strips)

References

"Dennis Without The Menace Bad Idea". Bristol Evening Post. Retrieved Aug 14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Kev's Cartoon Masterclass". Halesowen News. Retrieved June 23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Comic cool for kids". bbc.co.uk - Bristol. Retrieved February 06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Comic Art Masterclass with Kev F Sutherland". Doncaster Book Award. Retrieved March 09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Beano artist in Kidderminster". bbc.co.uk - Hereford & Worcester. Retrieved June 06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"How to draw Dennis The Menace". bbc.co.uk - Gloucestershire. Retrieved May 28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Guinness World Record Attempt". bbc.co.uk - Bristol. Retrieved Feb 18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Nominated Best Show". Leicester Comedy Festival Awards. Retrieved March 09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre is Fantastic Fun". Puppetvision. Retrieved May 09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Laugh Your Socks Off". bbc.co.uk - Leicester. Retrieved February 09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Kev F Sutherland 2000AD Creator". 2000AD Online. Retrieved Sept. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

External links

• Official website
• 2000 AD profile