Artist and teacher Andrew Hutton, who worked with DC Thomson and drew comic book adventures for the Beano, has died at the age of 91.
Born in Calcutta to James and Anne Hutton, he and his brother spent their infancy in India and Australia before the family returned home to Scotland to settle in Dundee.
Mr Hutton attended Morgan Academy then at the age of 14 left school to work with DC Thomson before joining the RAF to train as a pilot.
He was prevented from qualifying due to his eyesight and served most of his five years in active service as a radar plotter.
Following his demob, he returned to Dundee where he obtained a degree in art and design and lectured at Duncan of Jordanstone school of Art.
There he met Pamela Brightman and the couple married in September 1950 in Muirhead Parish Church, Birkhill.
They moved to Canada soon after, where Mr Hutton worked for a company making a model of a nuclear reactor.
Four years later, Scotland called once again and the couple returned home to Dundee, where he found work as an artist with the Beano.
Over 25 years he drew comic strip adventure stories such as The Vengeance of the One Eye Kilty MacTaggart, Tough Duff, The Kangaroo Kid and Jonny Hawke.
He also worked on Red Rory of the Eagles and the popular Commando comics.
In order to fulfil his ambition to become an art teacher, the family moved to Glenrothes in 1971 where Mr Hutton returned to further education, leading to a post at Glenrothes High School which he held until he retired.
Andy and Pam, as they were known to everyone who knew them, had four sons Ranald, Gordon, Robin and Nathan.
In 2006 he became a grandfather, which his family said had brought him “endless delight”.