Other notable high and or low points of 2016 include a cancelled flight and an entertainingly delayed and diverted flight (you had to be there), and Mum's 80th birthday. Brexit and Trump occupied a lot of thought but how does it impact my life? Maybe we have to wait till 2017 to see. The biggest thing I've omitted is that Hev was rushed to hospital with an infection that had come dangerously close to blood poisoning. Luckily that was got through, and a few things have changed since, but I didn't put it in my rather vain review of the year, maybe I should have.
I travelled a lot, but I've done this so much now, that it hardly even seems remarkable at the time, let alone at the end of the year.
The Peoples History Of Pop stuff was fun, even if only a minute of me made the BBC 4 screen. I did a long interview in front of the Conan mural in my old bedroom for BBC East Midlands Inside Out which seems to have been binned, but I got mentioned in the Telegraph. So there's that.
I redesigned most of my website, using Wix, and got my adsense account back (since which I've earned an average of 1p a day, whoopee).
The creative explosion that ended up with Socks Do Shakespeare was something I'm very proud of. This year The Now Show dropped Mitch Benn - Earth's best parody songwriter - from its roster and replaced him with a different person each week, almost every one of which made me realise how bloody good I am at this. The Shakespeare parody songs I wrote, mostly in April, only a couple of which ended up in the show, the rest of which comprised the audience-in music and some slightly-watched Youtube videos, are all bloody good. Watch them and tell me if I'm wrong.
Here's the table of stats that give all the more insight into a fascinating year I'm sure you'll all agree. (In short, I did the same as I do every year, and lots of it).
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
2010
|
|
School
days
|
92
|
117
|
120
|
97
|
82
|
124
|
109
|
Flights
(return)
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
18
|
12
|
23
|
?
|
Socks
shows
|
65
|
55
|
71
|
76
|
110
|
64
|
?
|
Caric
gigs
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
20
|
8
|
13
|
?
|
Nights
away
|
90
|
90
|
79
|
74
|
123
|
?
|
?
|
Socks
vids
|
56 (40+ Trials)
|
41
|
37
|
55
|
81
|
36
|
?
|
Here's to an equally unpredictable 2017. Here, should you be interested, are the previous comic strip Reviews Of The Year I've drawn...
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries and art centres - email for details, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter. View the promo video here.
Socks Do Shakespeare 2017 TOUR
Feb 15 - Buxton Pavilion Arts Centre Studio
Feb 17 & 18 6.50pm - Kayal, Leicester Comedy Fest
March 9 - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
March 15 & 16 - Dram! Glasgow Com Fest
March 23 - The Bill Murray, London
Apr 6 - Victoria Theatre Halifax
Apr 8 - Rondo Bath
Apr 13 - Hexham Queen's Hall
Apr 22 - Swindon Arts
Apr 27 - Stroud Subscription Rooms
Apr 28 - Merlin Theatre Frome
Apr 29 - Perth Concert Hall
May 1 - Chiddingstone Castle Kent
May 5 - Artrix Bromsgrove
May 6 - Stafford Gatehouse
May 13 (4.30pm) & May 14 (5.30pm) Komedia Brighton
May 19 - Carriageworks Leeds
May 26 - Aberdeen May Fest
June 2 - Eden Ct Inverness
June 15 - Crescent Arts, Belfast
June 17 - Dalkey Festival, Dublin
June 24 - Ludlow Fringe
