Kev F. Sutherland Explained

Kev F Sutherland
Birth Date:1961 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Aberdeen, Scotland
Medium:television, theatre, radio, comic books
Nationality:Scottish
Genre:comedy
Notable Work:The Sitcom Trials
The Beano
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

Kev F. Sutherland (born 18 October 1961) is a Scottish comedian, caricaturist, 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

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.

Early career

Sutherland got his start in the world of British comics fandom, contributing artwork and humour columns to fanzines like BEM and Fantasy Advertiser in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

From 1993 to 1998, Sutherland shared a studio with Marvel & DC Comics artist Mark Buckingham.[1]

From 1999 to 2004, he was the producer of the UK's Comic Festival[2] in Bristol. Beginning as Comics 99,[3] [4] it included the National Comics Awards[5] which he co-founded in 1997.[6] For Comics 99, Sutherland produced The World's Biggest Comic[7] which featured the work of 100 of the world's leading comic artists,[8] auctioned to raise money for Comic Relief.[9]

Comics career

His comic strips appear in the UK comic The Beano,[10] chiefly comedy adventures starring The Bash Street Kids, with Dennis The Menace, Roger the Dodger and Minnie the Minx. In 2011, Sutherland drew Match magazine's Galaxy Wanderers strip, and Find It in Doctor Who Adventures.

His debut graphic novel Findlay Macbeth was published in 2020,[11] followed by The Prince Of Denmark Street,[12] The Midsummer Night's Dream Team, Comic Tales From The Bible, and Richard The Third.

Sutherland's previous comic strip work includes Star Trek[13] Ghost Rider 2099[14] and Doctor Strange for Marvel Comics,[15] UT which he also edited,[16] Goosebumps for The Funday Times, educational illustration for Scholastic and HarperCollins, Zig and Zag's Zogazine, Red Dwarf Smegazine[17] (both for Fleetway), and miscellaneous strips for Doctor Who Magazine, Oink,[18] Viz, Gas, 2000AD, Warrior, Gladiators (based on the LWT TV series), The Worm The World's Longest Comic Strip[19] 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[20] [21] (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.[22]

Since 2003,[23] Sutherland has presented his Comic Art Masterclasses[24] [25] in schools and colleges,[26] [27] and festivals[28] educating students from seven years old to adult[29] in the art of the comic strip.[30] [31] [32] He appears regularly in the media as an authority on comics.[33] He has spoken about the use of comic art in education at a number of Boys Writing Conferences,[34] in 2009 he helped devise a unit for a Creative & Media Diploma course,[35] in 2011 he presented the first of the Stan Lee Excelsior Awards in Sheffield,[36] and in 2012 he helped open the new gallery at the BRIT School in Croydon.[37]

Performance career

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.

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.[38] It continues on stage at the Leicester Square Theatre in London's West End.

Since 2005, Sutherland has written, produced and performed as The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre,[39] [40] appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007, 2008, 2009,[41] 2010,[42] 2012,[43] 2103 - 16, 2018, 19, & 22 and in theatres internationally[44] and on television.[45] His TV work includes The Sitcom Trials[46] and A-Z of Rude Health for ITV.

In 2009 he made an attempt at the Guinness World Record[47] for telling jokes in one hour, in support of Comic Relief.

Selected TV

Selected comics

References

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buckingham The Trend . Comics Bulletin . 18 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116210523/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/97565760028484.htm . 16 January 2014 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Chimpanzees on Speed, Kev Sutherland interview . Engine Comics . September 2004 .
  3. News: Why Batman Is Really A Turkey . The Independent . London . Clare . Garner . 23 February 1999.
  4. Web site: UK Convention Saviour . Sequential Tart . May 1999 .
  5. Web site: National Comics Awards 2002 . 2000AD . 2002 . 28 October 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060216121640/http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=news&page=newsimage&choice=awards02 . 16 February 2006 .
  6. Web site: Dennis the Menace zaps Dan Dare . Sunday Telegraph London . Chris Wilson. 16 March 1997.
  7. Web site: Having a beano at the comics festival . Western Daily Press . 3 April 1999 .
  8. Web site: The World's Biggest Comic . Blue Peter, BBC Television . 1 April 1999 .
  9. Web site: A giant comic strip . Bristol Evening Post . 10 March 1999 .
  10. Web site: Seventy Years of Comical Capers . Western Daily Press . https://archive.today/20120913145821/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Seventy-years-comical-capers/article-267181-detail/article.html . dead . 13 September 2012 . 13 August 2008 .
  11. Web site: Findlay Macbeth . Amazon . 19 February 2020 .
  12. Web site: Prince of Denmark Street Review . GoodReads . 29 June 2020 .
  13. Web site: Star Trek Comic . Star Trek Comics Guide . November 1996.
  14. Web site: Ghost Rider 2099 . Collectorz.com . https://archive.today/20120730002511/http://www.collectorz.com/connect/comics/ghost-rider-2099/ . dead . 2012-07-30 . May 1996 .
  15. Web site: Marvel Comics by Kev F Sutherland . Comic Vine . May 2007.
  16. News: Is Viz Still The Biz? . BBC News . 15 October 1998.
  17. Web site: Red Dwarf Smegazine . Atomic Avenue . 1 May 1993.
  18. Web site: Oink comic . Retro Dundee . 25 February 2010 .
  19. Web site: The Worm – World's Longest Comic . Mars Import . January 1999 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224214234/http://www.marsimport.com/display_comic.php?ID=122 . 24 February 2012 . dead .
  20. Web site: Clevedon gets its own superhero . Samantha Pope . North Somerset Times . 1 September 2011 .
  21. Web site: Captain Clevedon: A local comic for local people . John Freeman . Down The Tubes . 18 August 2011 .
  22. Web site: Comic Timing Exhibition at Harrods . London List . 17 October 2008 .
  23. Web site: No Laughing Matter . Times Educational Supplement . Wanda Opalinska . 5 December 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610133325/http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=387956 . 10 June 2011 . dead .
  24. Web site: Beano comic cartoonist wows crowd in Welwyn Garden City . Emma Hardwick . Welwyn and Hatfield Times . 8 June 2013 .
  25. Web site: Superheroes turn up as Kev Sutherland visits Rivermead Primary . Get Wokingham . 6 April 2011 .
  26. Web site: Marlborough Pupils Win Silver . This Is Wiltshire . 5 July 2010 .
  27. Web site: Caricatures, Comics and the Illustrator of the Beano! . Burgess Hill School For Girls . 10 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721102319/http://www.burgesshill-school.com/printer_1589.php . 21 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  28. Web site: Comic Artist Is Quick on the Draw . Oxford Mail . 3 May 2011 .
  29. Web site: CCA Comic Masterclass with Beano Cartoonist Kev F . Capital City Academy . 17 March 2011 .
  30. Web site: Beano visit for pupils . Okehampton Times . 29 September 2010 .
  31. Web site: Pupils Enjoy Comic Masterclass . Malvern Gazette . 10 June 2010 .
  32. Web site: Beano illustrator passes on tips . This Is Wiltshire . 10 February 2010 .
  33. Web site: Dennis Without The Menace Bad Idea . Bristol Evening Post . 14 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090819132138/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Dennis-menace-bad-idea-says-Beano-illustrator/article-1255822-detail/article.html . 19 August 2009 . dmy-all .
  34. Web site: Comic Book Kids . Wakefield Express . 22 October 2010 .
  35. Web site: Comic Artist, Kev Sutherland, Visits The Earls High School . The Earls High School . 19 January 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090503071518/http://www.earlshighschool.org/news/?n=27 . 3 May 2009 . dmy-all .
  36. Web site: Legendary comic creator helps reading scheme go global . Sheffield Star . 8 July 2011 .
  37. Web site: Comic creator's workshop marks Croydon gallery opening . Croydon Guardian . 25 May 2012 .
  38. Web site: Writers, are you game for a laugh? . BBC Gloucestershire . 5 April 2002 .
  39. Web site: Comic socks it to Barton audience . Scunthorpe Telegraph . https://archive.today/20130505072104/http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/entertainment/Comic-socks-Barton-audience/article-680671-detail/article.html . dead . 5 May 2013 . 9 February 2009 .
  40. Web site: 4 star Edinburgh Review 09 . The Scotsman . 13 August 2009 .
  41. Web site: Comedy Judges 'myopic' for Pleasance picks . The Scotsman . 28 August 2009 .
  42. Web site: Comic artist turns hand to pupperty in Caernarfon . North Wales Chronicle . 5 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127194830/http://northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/92766/comic-artist-turns-hand-to-pupperty-in-caernarfon.aspx . 27 November 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  43. Web site: 5 Star Edinburgh Review . Alison Pollard-Mansergh . Edinburgh Evening News . 7 August 2012 .
  44. Web site: Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre coming to Ropery Hall . This Is Grimsby . https://archive.today/20130505080725/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/sock-evening/article-2796784-detail/article.html . dead . 5 May 2013 . 27 October 2010 .
  45. Web site: Edinburgh Festival Interview . Lee Randall . The Scotsman . 14 August 2010 .
  47. News: Guinness World Record Attempt . bbc.co.uk – Bristol . 18 February 2009 . 18 February 2009.
  48. Web site: Tales of Nambygate . Indy Planet . 2 November 2011 . 1 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111025104643/http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6129 . 25 October 2011 . dmy-all .
  49. Web site: Having a laugh is taken as read . Bristol Evening Post . 2 April 1999 .

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