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UT was a British adult comic that was published monthly in the mid-1990s.
The title began as a weekly pop music parody strip by Kev F Sutherland and Russ Carvell in the music paper Sounds, running from 1987 until Sounds final issue in 1991. When Sutherland got the chance to create a new humour magazine in September 1991 he revived the strip’s name, with Carvell drawing the covers and lead movie parody strips.
Edited by Sutherland, UT was one of many comics emulating the success of Viz; however it attempted to engage the quality end of the market, with a variety of strips by talented and established cartoonists, TV satires, and supposedly intelligent (for the genre) subject matter.
However, in order to obtain financial backing, it required to be published by Sport Newspapers, who also publish the semi-pornographical tabloid Sunday Sport – as a result, UT featured a large number of pornographic adverts and Sport branding in some contrast to its content. A recurring theme throughout the…
