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About Chris Donald
- Chris Donald (born 25 April 1960 in Newcastle, England) is the founder of, and one of the principal contributors to, the British comic magazine Viz.
- He attended West Jesmond Primary School, and then Heaton Comprehensive School, where he failed his A-levels, and in 1978 he began work as a clerical officer at the DHSS central office in Longbenton, Newcastle. Chris, together with his brother Simon and a schoolfriend Jim Brownlow, set up Viz in December 1979 from a bedroom in Jesmond, Newcastle.
- He was editor (or head of the "editorial cabinet") for many years but retired from day-to-day duties in 1999, and now only contributes occasional cartoons.
- He has since written a personal history of Viz magazine entitled Rude Kids. In an interview on Channel 4 News, Chris Donald paid tribute to Spike Milligan on his death.
- He cited him and Monty Python as the two major influences on the comic.
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