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.
Kent moved to England in 1959, working in advertising before publishing his "Grocer Heath" strip in Private Eye in 1969. His "Varoomshka" appeared in The Guardian from 1969 to 1979, and he also contributed work to other publications like The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Times, and finally The Times starting in 1998, where his "La Bimba" strip showed similarities to his earlier "Varoomshka."