Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 12, 2015 9:39:30 GMT -6
Andy Hutton, who drew the popular strip “The Q-Bikes” (which morphed briefly into “The Q-Karts”) for the British comic The Beano, died last month at age 91. Born in Calcutta, Hutton moved as a teenager to Dundee, Scotland, where he began working for Beano publisher DC Thomson at age 14. He quit that job to train to be a pilot in the Royal Air Force, but poor eyesight kept him grounded much of the time. After World War II, he got an art degree and lived in Canada for a while, working in nuclear reactor construction, before returning in 1950 to Scotland. He was a Beano artist for 25 years, and his work included Red Rory of the Eagles, Jack Flash and The Kangaroo Kid; he also taught art in a local high school.
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We’re sorry to report the passing of former Beano artist Andrew Hutton, who died aged 91 on 15th January 2015.
An artist and teacher, Andrew, also known as Andy, was born in Calcutta and lived abroad in his youth with his brother before settling in Dundee in his teens, attending the Morgan Academy. He left school at 14 to work with DC Thomson before joining the RAF to train as a pilot, but eyesight problems led to him serving most of his service years as a radar plotter.
After World War Two, he gained a degree in art and design and lectured at Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art, moving to Canada with his wife, Pamela, shortly after their marriage in 1950 to work on nuclear reactor construction.
When he returned to Dundee in the 1950s he found work with The Beano and worked on the title for 25 years, beginning with the adventure strip “Red Rory of the Eagles” and drawing strips such as “Jack Flash” (on later episodes), “The Vengeance of the One Eye” (1957),”Kilty MacTaggart” (1957), “Tough Duff” (1957), “The Kangaroo Kid” (1959), “Teeko” (1959) and “Jonny Hawke” (1973).
His last work on The Beano appears to be the fondly-remembered “The Q-Bikes“, which began in 1963 and centred on a young group of bike-riding heroes, running until 1971 (briefly changing series name to “The Q-Karts” in 1969). The strip was revived for Buddy in 1981.
He also worked on Commando inhouse. Although not credited as an artist on the title, current editor Calum Laird believes he would have been involved in doing art alterations or re-finishing covers modified from prints of Spanish and Italian artists stock paintings. That work is either unrecorded or credited to “Staff” in the title’s records.
He and his family moved to Glenrothes in 1971 where he worked as an art teacher at Glenrothes High School, a post he held until he retired.
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We’re sorry to report the passing of former Beano artist Andrew Hutton, who died aged 91 on 15th January 2015.
An artist and teacher, Andrew, also known as Andy, was born in Calcutta and lived abroad in his youth with his brother before settling in Dundee in his teens, attending the Morgan Academy. He left school at 14 to work with DC Thomson before joining the RAF to train as a pilot, but eyesight problems led to him serving most of his service years as a radar plotter.
After World War Two, he gained a degree in art and design and lectured at Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art, moving to Canada with his wife, Pamela, shortly after their marriage in 1950 to work on nuclear reactor construction.
When he returned to Dundee in the 1950s he found work with The Beano and worked on the title for 25 years, beginning with the adventure strip “Red Rory of the Eagles” and drawing strips such as “Jack Flash” (on later episodes), “The Vengeance of the One Eye” (1957),”Kilty MacTaggart” (1957), “Tough Duff” (1957), “The Kangaroo Kid” (1959), “Teeko” (1959) and “Jonny Hawke” (1973).
His last work on The Beano appears to be the fondly-remembered “The Q-Bikes“, which began in 1963 and centred on a young group of bike-riding heroes, running until 1971 (briefly changing series name to “The Q-Karts” in 1969). The strip was revived for Buddy in 1981.
He also worked on Commando inhouse. Although not credited as an artist on the title, current editor Calum Laird believes he would have been involved in doing art alterations or re-finishing covers modified from prints of Spanish and Italian artists stock paintings. That work is either unrecorded or credited to “Staff” in the title’s records.
He and his family moved to Glenrothes in 1971 where he worked as an art teacher at Glenrothes High School, a post he held until he retired.