Kevin Woodcock

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{{Infobox person

| name = Kevin Woodcock

| birth_name = Kevin Robert Woodcock

| birth_date = 2 September 1942

| birth_place = Leicester, England, UK

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|07|02|1942|09|02|df=y}}

| death_place = Leicester, England, UK

| alma_mater = Leicester College of Art

| occupation = cartoonist

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Kevin Robert Woodcock (2 September 1942 – 2 July 2007) was a British cartoonist.

Kevin Woodcock was born at Leicester General Hospital. After attending Holmfield Avenue Junior School in Leicester and the Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth, Kevin Woodcock studied at the Leicester College of Art from 1961 to 1964.

He contributed cartoons to such publications as Private Eye, Daily Sketch, The Spectator, Knave, Fiesta, Brain Damage, Punch and The Oldie.

Publications

Additionally, he published three collections of his work: Private Eye Kevin Woodcock (1978), City Rules OK (1983) and You Are Here: the Best of Kevin Woodcock (1987). More than 40 of his single-panel cartoons were reproduced in the Penguin Book of Private Eye Cartoons.

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001083149/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2742804.ece Obituary from The Independent]

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Category:1942 births

Category:2007 deaths

Category:British editorial cartoonists

Category:Private Eye contributors

Category:Alumni of De Montfort University

Category:Artists from Leicester

Category:Suicides in England

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