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Kev F Sutherland
Born	(1961-10-18) 18 October 1961 (age 57) 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 Scottish comedian and comic strip creator. He has drawn for a variety of publications, including The Beano. He has produced several shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, including The Sitcom Trials and The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre.

Early life[edit]

He was born in Aberdeen and raised from age 6 in the village of Kibworth in Leicestershire. His paternal grandmother was the writer and photographer Jean Sutherland. In 1983 he graduated from Exeter College of Art and Design.

Career[edit]

Since 2005, Sutherland has written, produced and performed as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre,^[1][2] appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007, 2008, 2009,^[3] 2010,^[4] and 2012^[5] in theatres internationally^[6] and on television.^[7] His TV work includes The Sitcom Trials^[8] and A-Z of Rude Health for ITV.

His comic strips appear in the UK comic The Beano,^[9] chiefly comedy adventures starring The Bash Street Kids, with Dennis The Menace, Roger the Dodger and Minnie the Minx. In 2011 Kev drew Match magazine's Galaxy Wanderers strip, and Find It in Doctor Who Adventures.

Sutherland's previous comic strip work includes Star Trek^[10]Ghost Rider 2099^[11] and Doctor Strange for Marvel Comics,^[12]UT which he also edited,^[13]Goosebumps for The Funday Times, educational illustration for Scholastic and Harper Collins, Zig and Zag's Zogazine, Red Dwarf Smegazine^[14] (both for Fleetway), and miscellaneous strips for Doctor Who Magazine, Oink,^[15]Viz, Gas, 2000AD, Warrior, Gladiators (based on the LWT TV series), The Worm The World's Longest Comic Strip^[16] and many more.

His self-published titles include The Hawk (1983), The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre comic (2008), Sinnerhound (2011), Hot Rod Cow (2011), and the local comic Captain Clevedon^[17][18] (2011).

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.^[19] From 1993–98 Kev shared a studio with Marvel & DC Comics artist Mark Buckingham
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Since 2003,^[21] Sutherland has presented his Comic Art Masterclasses^[22][23] in schools and colleges,^[24][25] and festivals^[26] educating students from 7 years old to adult^[27] in the art of the comic strip.^[28][29][30] He appears regularly in the media as an authority on comics.^[31] He has spoken about the use of comic art in education at a number of Boys Writing Conferences,^[32] in 2009 helped devise a unit for a Creative & Media Diploma course,^[33] in 2011 presented the first of the Stan Lee Excelsior Awards in Sheffield,^[34] and in 2012 helped open the new gallery at the BRIT School in Croydon.^[35]

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.^[36] 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^[37] in Bristol. Beginning as Comics 99,^[38][39] it included the National Comics Awards^[40] which he co-founded in 1997.^[41] For Comics 99 Kev produced The World's Biggest Comic^[42] which featured the work of 100 of the world's leading comic artists,^[43] auctioned to raise money for Comic Relief.^[44]

Sutherland is also a 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^[45] for telling jokes in one hour, in support of Comic Relief.

Selected TV[edit]

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  Battle of the Books (BBC)


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  The One Show (BBC)


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  The Sitcom Trials (ITV)


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  A-Z of Rude Health (HTV)


• Comedy Shuffle (BBC) – as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
  


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  The Culture Show (BBC) – as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
  


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  Upstaged (BBC) – as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
  

Selected comics[edit]

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  Oink^[15] – first published work 1988


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  The Beano – Parents Evening in Beano Annual 2007; Pluggy Love & Billy The Cat vs General Jumbo in Beano Annual 2008; Roger The Dodger's Reservoir Dodge in Beano Annual 2009. Notable stories in the weekly Beano include Ickle Bitty Werewolf on Bash Street (3320–3322), School's Out (3316–3319), The Night Before Christmas (3310), Invasion of the Beano Snatchers (3421–3424), At Her Majesty's Pleasure (3335), The Ofsted Inspector (3366–3369), Scary Story (3353–3356) and The Bash Street Zombies (3410–3412)


• The World's Biggest Comic – charity production for Comic Relief & Comics 99^[46]
  


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  Red Dwarf Smegazine


• Doctor Who Magazine


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  Viz – wrote & drew Tarquin Hoylet, He Has To Go to the Toilet


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  2000AD – very early (still at school) work on Captain Klep, 1981


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  Goosebumps wrote strip adaptation in Funday Times
  


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  Dr Strange, Star Trek, Werewolf By Night, Ghost Rider 2099 (Marvel)


• UT


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  Gas (comic) – Tales of Nambygate, Phallas The Soap Opera^[47]
  


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  Toxic – Hot Rod Cow (a character which has been referenced in Kev F's Beano strips)

References[edit]

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  Alison Pollard-Mansergh. "5 Star Edinburgh Review". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 7 August 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
  


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  Emma Hardwick. "Beano comic cartoonist wows crowd in Welwyn Garden City". Welwyn and Hatfield Times. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  


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  Lee Randall. "Edinburgh Festival Interview". The Scotsman. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  


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  Samantha Pope. "Clevedon gets its own superhero". North Somerset Times. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  


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  John Freeman. "Captain Clevedon: A local comic for local people". Down The Tubes. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  


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  "Comic creator's workshop marks Croydon gallery opening". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  


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  Chris Adams. "Renowned comic-strip artist Kev F Sutherland draws up lessons at Blackburn school". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  


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  "Comic book artist visits school". Weston Worle & Somerset Mercury. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  


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  "Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre coming to Ropery Hall". This Is Grimsby. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  


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  "Legendary comic creator helps reading scheme go global". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  

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  "Writers, are you game for a laugh?". BBC Gloucestershire. Retrieved 5 April 2002.
  

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  "Superheroes turn up as Kev Sutherland visits Rivermead Primary". Get Wokingham. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  


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  "Seventy Years of Comical Capers". Western Daily Press. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  


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  "Comic Artist Is Quick on the Draw". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  


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  "Comic Book Kids". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  


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  "Kev Sutherland visit". Waycroft Primary School. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
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  "Caricatures, Comics and the Illustrator of the Beano!". Burgess Hill School For Girls. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  


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  "CCA Comic Masterclass with Beano Cartoonist Kev F". Capital City Academy. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  


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  "Having a beano at the comics festival". Western Daily Press. Retrieved 3 April 1999. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  


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  "Having a laugh is taken as read". Bristol Evening Post. Retrieved 2 April 1999. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  


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  "The World's Biggest Comic". Blue Peter, BBC Television. Retrieved 1 April 1999. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  


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  "A giant comic strip". Bristol Evening Post. Retrieved 10 March 1999. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  


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  "Comic Book Heroes". Sunday Post. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  


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  "Tales of Nambygate". Indy Planet. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  


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  "Oink comic". Retro Dundee. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  


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  "Comic artist turns hand to pupperty in Caernarfon". North Wales Chronicle. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  


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  "Beano visit for pupils". Okehampton Times. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  


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  "Pupils Enjoy Comic Masterclass". Malvern Gazette. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  


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  "Cartoon Fun in Library Sessions". Maidenhead Advertiser. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  


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  "Marlborough Pupils Win Silver". This Is Wiltshire. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  


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  "Buckingham The Trend". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  


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  "Chimpanzees on Speed, Kev Sutherland interview". Engine Comics. Retrieved 8 September 2004.
  


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  "Comic Artist Inspires Budding Cartoonists". Princethorpe College. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  


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  "UK Convention Saviour". Sequential Tart. Retrieved 12 May 1999. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  

External links[edit]

• Official website


• 2000 AD profile


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  Ham Life blog – A Socks fan's reviews and photos