David Sutherland is an artist with DC Thomson, responsible for The Bash Street Kids

The Bash Street Kids

The Bash Street Kids is an ongoing comic strip featuring in the British comic The Beano. The strip was created by Leo Baxendale under the title When the Bell Rings, and first appeared in The Beano in issue 604, dated 13 February 1954. It became The Bash Street Kids in 1956 and since then, it has...

 (1962–present), Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (UK)

Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...

 (1970–1998, still does work for annuals) for The Beano

The Beano

The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...

, Fred's Bed

Fred's Bed

Fred's Bed is a comic strip in the British comic The Beano. It originally appeared in the The Topper section of the merged The Beezer and Topper comic in 1991. In the first strip, Fred breaks his old bed and when Fred and his mum go out to buy a new one, she buys the cheapest bed in the shop...

 (2008-) and the second version of Jak

Jak (comics)

Jak Hurley and Todd Nolan are two fictional comic strip characters from the UK comic The Dandy who rose to popularity as the comic's main strip after its re-launch in 2004...

 for The Dandy

The Dandy

The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...

 in the early 2000s. He started out as an adventure strip artist, drawing strips such as The Beano's The Great Flood of London in 1960-61 (reprinted in Classics From the Comics in 2007) and Billy the Cat

Billy the Cat and Katie

Billy the Cat was a comic strip in The Beano. The strip featured William Grange, later joined by his cousin Kathleen, alias Billy the Cat and Katie...

 (see ), before replacing Leo Baxendale

Leo Baxendale

Leo Baxendale is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips Little Plum , Minnie the Minx , The Bash Street Kids and The Three Bears .Leo Baxendale was at the end of his National Service days in the RAF, when he decided he...

 as the artist for The Bash Street Kids, who were given the two pages in the centre of the comic at the same time. He has been the strip's main artist since then, during which time he has drawn more than 2000 individual strips for the weekly comic. He also replaced Dudley D. Watkins

Dudley D. Watkins

Dudley Dexter Watkins was a British cartoonist and illustrator. He is best known for his characters Oor Wullie and The Broons; comic strips featuring them have appeared in Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post since 1936, along with annual compilations...

 on Biffo the Bear

Biffo the Bear

Biffo the Bear was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the British comic The Beano. Biffo was an anthropomorphic bear resembling Mickey Mouse who gained the front cover of the comic starting from issue 327, dated January 24, 1948, replacing Big Eggo...

 after his death in 1969, and continued to draw the character through the 1970s, after his strip relinquished that cover of the comic to Dennis in 1974.

In 1977, Gnasher was given his own strip in the Beano, Gnasher's Tale, which like the main Dennis strip was drawn by Sutherland. Similarly, when Dennis's pet pig, Rasher, received his own page in 1984, Sutherland was again the strip's artist, as he was when Gnasher's Tale was replaced by Gnasher and Gnipper

Gnasher and Gnipper

Gnasher is the pet dog of Dennis the Menace in the British comic strip Dennis the Menace from The Beano. First introduced in 1968, in issue 1363 dated 31st August 1968 , seventeen years after Dennis the Menace started in The Beano...

 in 1986.

Sutherland began to draw The Germs

The Germs

The Germs are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, originally active from 1977 to 1980. The band's early lineup consisted of singer Darby Crash, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Lorna Doom, and their most consistent drummer Don Bolles. Germs have since reformed in 2005 with Shane...

 for the comic in 1988, although in the early 1990s he was replaced by Vic Neill

Vic Neill

Vic Neill was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover star Mickey the Monkey after Watkins' sudden death. Neill was a big admirer of Watkins' artwork....

. He also stopped drawing Gnasher and Gnipper in 1993, with artistic duties being handed to Barry Glennard. In 1998, Sutherland stopped drawing Dennis the Menace after 28 years, handing over to David Parkins

David Parkins

David Parkins is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books....

, although he has continued to draw the Bash Street Kids since then. Over the next few years, he drew Korky the Cat

Korky the Cat

Korky the Cat is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy. It first appeared in issue 1, dated 4 December 1937, and was The Dandy's original cover star. He was on the front cover of Dandy for several decades only missing out one issue, No. 294 when Keyhole Kate was on the...

 for the Dandy, as well as the second incarnation of Jak. In 2009 it was confirmed that he was the new artist for the Beano's Fred's Bed

Fred's Bed

Fred's Bed is a comic strip in the British comic The Beano. It originally appeared in the The Topper section of the merged The Beezer and Topper comic in 1991. In the first strip, Fred breaks his old bed and when Fred and his mum go out to buy a new one, she buys the cheapest bed in the shop...

. Initially taking over for a three month period as replacement for Hunt Emerson, he later shared the workload with Tom Paterson

Tom Paterson

Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...

 before taking as over the strip's main artist during 2011.

He sometimes draws himself into strips, such as Biffo in the 2010 annual.

Comic strips

The strips that David has drawn for DC Thomson over the years include:

Comic Strip	Dates	Comic drawn for	Type of strip	Notes
The Bash Street Kids The Bash Street Kids The Bash Street Kids is an ongoing comic strip featuring in the British comic The Beano. The strip was created by Leo Baxendale under the title When the Bell Rings, and first appeared in The Beano in issue 604, dated 13 February 1954. It became The Bash Street Kids in 1956 and since then, it has...	1962-p	The Beano The Beano The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...	Comic strip	He has drawn over 2000 sets for this strip, a record for a Beano artist on a single strip.
Biffo the Bear Biffo the Bear Biffo the Bear was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the British comic The Beano. Biffo was an anthropomorphic bear resembling Mickey Mouse who gained the front cover of the comic starting from issue 327, dated January 24, 1948, replacing Big Eggo...	1969-197?	The Beano	Comic strip
Billy the Cat Billy the Cat Billy the Cat is the title of a Franco-Belgian comic strip by the Belgian Stéphane Colman and Stephen Desberg, as well as an animated cartoon adaptation, amongst others...	1967	The Beano	Adventure strip
Danny on a Dolphin	1960 & 1962	The Beano	Adventure strip	Sutherland's first strip for The Beano.
Dennis the Menace Dennis the Menace (UK) Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...	1970–1998	The Beano, BeanoMAX	Comic strip	Took over from David Law David Law David "Davey" Law was a Scottish cartoonist best known for creating Dennis the Menace and Beryl the Peril for Dundee publishers D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd ....  from issue 1464, dated 8 August 1970.
General Jumbo General Jumbo General Jumbo was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, originally drawn by Paddy Brennan....	1962–1963	The Beano	Adventure strip	Sutherland drew the third, fourth and fifth series of this adventure strip.
The Germs The Germs (comics) The Germs is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in issue 2374, dated 16 January 1988.The strip was about a boy called Will who had three germs inside him , and they were constantly making Will ill, requiring many visits to the doctor...	1988–1992	The Beano	Comic strip	Later taken over by Vic Neill Vic Neill Vic Neill was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover star Mickey the Monkey after Watkins' sudden death. Neill was a big admirer of Watkins' artwork.... , and reprinted under the name 'Totally Gross Germs' as of October 2011.
The Great Flood of London	1960–1961	The Beano	Adventure strip
Korky the Cat Korky the Cat Korky the Cat is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy. It first appeared in issue 1, dated 4 December 1937, and was The Dandy's original cover star. He was on the front cover of Dandy for several decades only missing out one issue, No. 294 when Keyhole Kate was on the...	1999–2003	The Dandy	Comic strip
Lester's Little Circus	1962–1963	The Beano	Adventure strip
Rasher Rasher Rasher was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, featuring Dennis the Menace's pet pig Rasher. The strip also featured Rasher's family, like his brother Hamlet, his sister Virginia Ham, Uncle Crackling and Little Piglet, who were all introduced in the first strip...	1984–1995	The Beano	Comic Strip	Ran regularly between 1984 and 1988, then appeared sporadically. These strips were later reprinted in 2009.
Fred's Bed Fred's Bed Fred's Bed is a comic strip in the British comic The Beano. It originally appeared in the The Topper section of the merged The Beezer and Topper comic in 1991. In the first strip, Fred breaks his old bed and when Fred and his mum go out to buy a new one, she buys the cheapest bed in the shop...	2008-	The Beano	Comic Strip	Sutherland drew the strip in David Parkins David Parkins David Parkins is a British cartoonist and illustrator who has worked for D.C. Thomson, publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Now based in Canada, he illustrates children's picture books.... ' style for the Beano's 70th birthday issue in 2008, and in late 2009 became one of the strip's main artists, this time basing Fred's design on Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson Hunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England. He was closely involved with the Birmingham Arts Lab of the mid-to-late 1970s, and with the British underground comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s... 's version.