Simon Donald Out solo show in Newcastle. In 2012-13, he hosted spoof-panel show "Fuckwits" at The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. Simon Donald Simon Donald is a co-founder and was co-editor of the British comic magazine "Viz" until 2003. He set up the magazine in 1979 with his brother Chris from a bedroom in Newcastle. His most famous creation for the magazine is probably Sid the Sexist. When Chris quit as editor in 1999, Simon took up the role of co-editor along with Graham Dury, Simon Thorp, Davey Jones and Alex Collier. He and Alex left the magazine in 2003. Born Newcastle
Sid Couchey from the Art Career School and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (which later became the School of Visual Arts), both located in New York City. For his first job after art school, Couchey assisted John Lehti on the comic strips "Tommy of the Big Top" and "Tales from the Great Book". In his home, Sid displayed an original piece from "Tales from the Great Book", in which he appears as the census taker and scribe for the Pharaoh. In the early 1950s, Couchey worked on backgrounds for the "Lassie", "Big Town" and "Howdy Doody" TV tie-in books. His first complete