Sid the Sexist Sid the Sexist Sid the Sexist (real name Sidney Aloysius Smutt) is a character from the British satirical comic "Viz", first appearing in issue 9 in October 1982. The strip was created and mostly drawn by Simon Donald until he left the magazine in 2003, when Paul Palmer took over as artist. According to Donald, "Sid is a man who is unable to communicate with women. He is desperate to impress them, but is totally lacking in social skills. He thinks he must use foul and offensive chat-up lines on women to impress his friends, but can't see why they
The Comic Strip his quad bike accident. Permission was thus given by Mayall's family to show the special. Peter Richardson, who has built his career as a writer-director with the TV series "Stella Street" and films such as "", has not ruled out the possibility of a whole new series of "The Comic Strip Presents..." featuring younger cast members. In June 2011 a casting call went out for a new hour-long episode, starring most of the original team. This was followed by an announcement that the Comic Strip was to produce a one-off special entitled "The Hunt for Tony Blair", starring Stephen Mangan