Nigel Kitching

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Nigel Kitching
BornNigel Craggs Kitching
(1959-05-29) 29 May 1959 (age 64)
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Writer and artist
Notable works
Sonic the Comic

Nigel Craggs Kitching [1] [2] (born 29 May 1959) is a British comic book writer and artist.

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He is best known for his work in British comics, especially Sonic the Comic, the premiere UK depiction of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Since 2001, Kitching has lectured at Teesside University. [3]

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References

  1. "VAT-Search.co.uk".
  2. Bulmer, Dave; McFeely, Chris (1 April 2022). "#75 - How To Reach That Very Tricky D-Zone". Sonic the Comic the Podcast (Podcast). Event occurs at 21:37.
  3. "Teesside University - School of Computing". Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.

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