Ian Munro, the former editor of the Bunty, has died after a long illness.
Born in Springfield, Fife, in 1937, Mr Munro was educated at Castlehill Primary School and Bell Baxter in Cupar before joining DC Thomson as a sub-editor in children’s publications in 1954.
His first position in the department was on the staff of the Adventure. A year later he was called up to do his National Service, serving in the RAF at airbases near Reading and Louth.
On returning to Dundee, Mr Munro married wife Doreen in 1956 and had spells on the Dandy and Sparky before moving to the Bunty.
Mrs Munro said journalism had always been her husband’s chosen profession.
She said: ”He always read a tremendous amount and when he was older he wrote a history of our church and a book on the lodge that he was in. He liked writing so he always thought that way.
”He did Desperate Dan and other characters. He was what they called the ideas man. He would tell the writers what to write and what pictures he wanted drawn.
”He would observe people, family and friends and if anything funny happened he would try to turn it around into an idea for a story situation. He based a lot of the stories on things that our own kids did.
”One of the kids had a hula hoop and he used the idea in a Korky the Kat story. It was just silly things that would give him an idea. Our kids thought it was great.”
Mr Munro moved to the Bunty in 1970 where he remained until taking early retirement in August 1992 after 10 years as editor.
Mrs Munro said: ”He was really pleased when he became editor and said his greatest claim to fame was changing the Four Mary’s out of their old-fashioned things.”
Mr Munro had lived with his wife in Broughty Ferry for over 50 years. He is survived by wife Doreen, children Dena, Rod and Karen, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, sister May and brother-in-law Donald.