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His comic strips appear in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] comic ''[[The Beano]]'', chiefly comedy adventures starring ''[[The Bash Street Kids]]'', with ''[[Dennis the Menace (UK)|Dennis The Menace]]'', ''[[Roger the Dodger]]'' and ''[[Minnie the Minx]]''. In 2007 he wrote ''[[Billy the Cat]]'' vs ''[[General Jumbo]]'' in ''[[The Beano Annual]]''. In 2008 his Bash St Zombies original art was exhibited as part of the Comic Timing exhibition at [[Harrods]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Comic Timing Exhibition at Harrods | work=London List | url=http://londonist.com/2008/10/review_comic_timing_at_harrods.php | accessdate=October 17 | accessyear=2008}}</ref>
His comic strips appear in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] comic ''[[The Beano]]'', chiefly comedy adventures starring ''[[The Bash Street Kids]]'', with ''[[Dennis the Menace (UK)|Dennis The Menace]]'', ''[[Roger the Dodger]]'' and ''[[Minnie the Minx]]''. In 2007 he wrote ''[[Billy the Cat]]'' vs ''[[General Jumbo]]'' in ''[[The Beano Annual]]''. In 2008 his Bash St Zombies original art was exhibited as part of the Comic Timing exhibition at [[Harrods]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Comic Timing Exhibition at Harrods | work=London List | url=http://londonist.com/2008/10/review_comic_timing_at_harrods.php | accessdate=October 17 | accessyear=2008}}</ref>


Sutherland's previous comic strip work includes ''[[Star Trek, other storylines|Star Trek]]''<ref>{{cite web | title=Star Trek Comic | work=Star Trek Comics Guide | url=http://www.wixiban.com/comics/mv-unlimited.htm | accessdate=Nov | accessyear=1996}}</ref> [[Ghost Rider]] 2009 and ''[[Doctor Strange]]'' for [[Marvel Comics]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Marvel Comics by Kev F Sutherland | work=Comic Vine | url=http://www.comicvine.com/kevin-sutherland/26-43189/ | accessdate=May | accessyear=2007}}</ref>, ''[[Goosebumps]]'' for ''[[Funday Times|The Funday Times]], educational illustration for [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] and [[Harper Collins]], ''[[Zig & Zag]]'s Zogazine'', ''[[Red Dwarf]] Smegazine''<ref>{{cite web | title=Red Dwarf Smegazine | work=Atomic Avenue | url=http://www.atomicavenue.com/Atomic/titledetail.aspx?TitleID=28449 | accessdate=May 1 | accessyear=1993}}</ref> (both for [[Fleetway]]), and miscellaneous strips for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', ''[[Oink! (comic)|Oink]]'', ''[[Viz (comic)|Viz]]'', ''[[2000 AD (comic)|2000AD]]'', ''[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]'', ''[[Gladiators (British TV show)|Gladiators]]'' (based on the [[LWT]] TV series), and many more.
Sutherland's previous comic strip work includes ''[[Star Trek, other storylines|Star Trek]]''<ref>{{cite web | title=Star Trek Comic | work=Star Trek Comics Guide | url=http://www.wixiban.com/comics/mv-unlimited.htm | accessdate=Nov | accessyear=1996}}</ref> [[Ghost Rider]] 2009 and ''[[Doctor Strange]]'' for [[Marvel Comics]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Marvel Comics by Kev F Sutherland | work=Comic Vine | url=http://www.comicvine.com/kevin-sutherland/26-43189/ | accessdate=May | accessyear=2007}}</ref>, ''[[Goosebumps]]'' for ''[[Funday Times|The Funday Times]], educational illustration for [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] and [[Harper Collins]], ''[[Zig & Zag]]'s Zogazine'', ''[[Red Dwarf]] Smegazine''<ref>{{cite web | title=Red Dwarf Smegazine | work=Atomic Avenue | url=http://www.atomicavenue.com/Atomic/titledetail.aspx?TitleID=28449 | accessdate=May 1 | accessyear=1993}}</ref> (both for [[Fleetway]]), and miscellaneous strips for ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', ''[[Oink! (comic)|Oink]]'', ''[[Viz (comic)|Viz]]'', ''[[2000 AD (comic)|2000AD]]'', ''[[Warrior (comics)|Warrior]]'', ''[[Gladiators (British TV show)|Gladiators]]'' (based on the [[LWT]] TV series), [[The Worm]] The World's Longest Comic Strip<ref>{{cite web | title=The Worm - World's Longest Comic | work=Mars Import | url=http://www.marsimport.com/display_comic.php?ID=122 | accessdate=Jan | accessyear=1999}}</ref> and many more.


Since 2003, Sutherland has presented his Comic Art Masterclasses<ref>{{cite web | title=Kev's Cartoon Masterclass | work=Halesowen News | url=http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/4453595.Kev_s_cartoon_masterclass/| accessdate=June 23 | accessyear=2009}}</ref> in schools and colleges, educating students from 7 years old to adult in the art of the comic strip. He appears regularly in the media as an authority on comics.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dennis Without The Menace Bad Idea | work=Bristol Evening Post | url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Dennis-menace-bad-idea-says-Beano-illustrator/article-1255822-detail/article.html | accessdate=Aug 14 | accessyear=2009}}</ref>
Since 2003, Sutherland has presented his Comic Art Masterclasses<ref>{{cite web | title=Kev's Cartoon Masterclass | work=Halesowen News | url=http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/4453595.Kev_s_cartoon_masterclass/| accessdate=June 23 | accessyear=2009}}</ref> in schools and colleges, educating students from 7 years old to adult in the art of the comic strip. He appears regularly in the media as an authority on comics.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dennis Without The Menace Bad Idea | work=Bristol Evening Post | url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Dennis-menace-bad-idea-says-Beano-illustrator/article-1255822-detail/article.html | accessdate=Aug 14 | accessyear=2009}}</ref>

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Kev F Sutherland
BornOctober 18 1961
Aberdeen, Scotland
Mediumtelevision, theatre, radio, comic books
NationalityScottish
Genrescomedy
Notable works and rolesThe Sitcom Trials
The Beano
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
Websitecomicfestival.co.uk

Kev F. Sutherland is a comedian and comic strip creator. His TV work includes The Sitcom Trials[1] and A-Z of Rude Health for ITV. Since 2005, Sutherland has written, produced and performed as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre[2], appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, 2008 and 2009[3].

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. In 2008 his Bash St Zombies original art was exhibited as part of the Comic Timing exhibition at Harrods in London.[4]

Sutherland's previous comic strip work includes Star Trek[5] Ghost Rider 2009 and Doctor Strange for Marvel Comics[6], Goosebumps for The Funday Times, educational illustration for Scholastic and Harper Collins, Zig & Zag's Zogazine, Red Dwarf Smegazine[7] (both for Fleetway), and miscellaneous strips for Doctor Who Magazine, Oink, Viz, 2000AD, Warrior, Gladiators (based on the LWT TV series), The Worm The World's Longest Comic Strip[8] and many more.

Since 2003, Sutherland has presented his Comic Art Masterclasses[9] in schools and colleges, educating students from 7 years old to adult in the art of the comic strip. He appears regularly in the media as an authority on comics.[10]

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 at the Leicester Square Theatre in London's West End.

From 1999-2004, Sutherland was the producer of the UK's Comic Festival in Bristol. Beginning as Comics 99[11], it included the National Comics Awards[12] which he co-founded in 1997 [13]. 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 game show Win Some Beer. In 2009 he made an attempt at the Guinness World Record[14] for telling jokes in one hour, in support of Comic Relief.

  1. ^ *"More from Sitcom Trials". bbc.co.uk - Bristol. Retrieved May 05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ *"4 star Edinburgh Review 09". The Scotsman. Retrieved August 13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Comedy Judges 'myopic' for Pleasance picks". The Scotsman. Retrieved Aug 28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Comic Timing Exhibition at Harrods". London List. Retrieved October 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Star Trek Comic". Star Trek Comics Guide. Retrieved Nov. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Marvel Comics by Kev F Sutherland". Comic Vine. Retrieved May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Red Dwarf Smegazine". Atomic Avenue. Retrieved May 1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "The Worm - World's Longest Comic". Mars Import. Retrieved Jan. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "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)
  10. ^ "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)
  11. ^ "Why Batman Is Really A Turkey". The Independent. Retrieved Feb 23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "National Comics Awards 2002". 2000AD. 2002. Retrieved 2007-10-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  13. ^ Chris Wilson. "Dennis the Menace zaps Dan Dare". Sunday Telegraph London. Retrieved Mar 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "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)

Selected TV

Selected comics

References

Chris Wilson. "Dennis the Menace zaps Dan Dare". Sunday Telegraph London. Retrieved Mar 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"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)

"The Worm - World's Longest Comic". Mars Import. Retrieved Jan. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"National Comics Awards 2002". 2000AD. 2002. Retrieved 2007-10-28. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (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 Timing Exhibition at Harrods". London List. Retrieved October 17. {{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)

"Comic artist visits The Earls High School". The Earls High School. Retrieved Jan 19. {{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)

"Marvel Comics by Kev F Sutherland". Comic Vine. Retrieved May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"4 star Edinburgh Review 09". The Scotsman. Retrieved August 13. {{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 20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Comedy Judges 'myopic' for Pleasance picks". The Scotsman. Retrieved Aug 28. {{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 15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Why Batman Is Really A Turkey". The Independent. Retrieved Feb 23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Comic Artist Inspires Budding Cartoonists". Crackley Hall School. Retrieved Dec 04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Star Trek Comic". Star Trek Comics Guide. Retrieved Nov. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

"Red Dwarf Smegazine". Atomic Avenue. Retrieved May 1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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