John Kent (cartoonist)

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John Kent (21 June 1937 – 14 April 2003) was a New Zealand cartoonist who is best known as the author of the Varoomshka comic strip in the English newspaper The Guardian during the 1970s.

Born in Oamaru, Kent was self-taught as an artist, influenced by Al Capp, creator of Li'l Abner. He worked principally in felt-tip pen on A4 paper. Kent emigrated to England in 1959, working in advertising before his Grocer Heath strip was published in Private Eye in 1969. Varoomshka appeared in The Guardian from 1969 to 1979, Kent also contributing work to The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Times and, from 1998, The Times, where his La Bimba strip showed clear echoes of the earlier Varoomshka.

External links

Obituary from The Guardian
Obituary from The Independent
Biography from British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent
John Kent at lambiek.net

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Name	Kent, John
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Short description	Cartoonist
Date of birth	21 June 1937
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Date of death	14 April 2003
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