1. `` Sidewalk '' magazine helped to spawn the careers of characters such is Brian Sumner , Benny Fairfax , Olly Todd , John Rattray , Stuart Graham and more .
2. `` Sidewalk '' Magazine has helped spawn the careers of characters such as Brian Sumner , Benny Fairfax , Olly Todd , John Rattray , Stuart Graham and more .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes