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Robert Duncan Low (25 August 1895, Dundee – 13 December 1980) was a Scottish comics writer and editor. Employed by D. C. Thomson & Co., he was responsible for their line of comics, and, as a writer, co-created Oor Wullie and The Broons with artist Dudley D. Watkins. The son of Alexander Brown Low, a jute mill mechanic, and Maggie Wilson Low, he joined DC Thomson as a journalist in 1913 as an 18-year-old trainee and rose to become managing editor in charge of the children's publications department eight years later.[1] Having launched the "big five" story papers Adventure (1921), The Rover (1922), The Wizard (1923), The Skipper (1930) and The Hotspur (1933), he developed a comic supplement for the weekly newspaper The Sunday Post, the "Fun Section" (1936). It included two comic strips in Scots vernacular he had co-created with Dudley D. Watkins, a staff illustrator on the story papers: The Broons, about a working-class Scottish family, and Oor Wullie, about a mischievous young boy (based on Low's son Ron), alongside Auchentogle, drawn by Chic Gordon, and strips by Allan Morley including Nero and Zero and Nosey Parker.[2][3][4] In 1937, as managing editor, he oversaw the launch of DC Thomson's first comic, The Dandy, edited by Albert Barnes, followed by The Beano, edited by George Moonie, in 1938.[5] The Magic Comic, for slightly younger readers, followed in 1939 but folded in 1941 due to paper shortages. The next comic launched was The Topper in 1953.[2] Also in 1953, Low co-created "Roger the Dodger", with artist Ken Reid, for The Beano.[6] References1. ^John Anderson (ed.), Beano: 80 Years of Fun, D.C. Thomson, 2018, p. 14 {{DEFAULTSORT:Low, R D}}{{Scotland-writer-stub}}{{UK-comics-creator-stub}}2. ^1 Gavin Brightwell, {{cite web |url=http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Biog/DDW_Page_Images/Low_Family/RD_Low.htm |title="RD Low: the man who created The Broons and Oor Wullie" |accessdate=2011-07-09 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411084447/http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Biog/DDW_Page_Images/Low_Family/RD_Low.htm |archivedate=11 April 2008 |df=dmy-all }}, That's Braw 3. ^Gavin Brightwell, {{cite web |url=http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Biog/DDW-Page.htm |title="Dudley Dexter Watkins" |accessdate=2009-09-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514143343/http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Biog/DDW-Page.htm |archivedate=14 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }}, That's Braw 4. ^Helensburgh Heroes: Ronald Waterson Low 5. ^John Anderson (ed.), Beano: 80 Years of Fun, D.C. Thomson, 2018, p. 14 6. ^Peter Hansen, {{cite web |url=http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Interviews/KenReid/KenReidOverview.asp |title=Ken Reid, the Comic Genius (1919-1987) |accessdate=2011-07-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304202443/http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Interviews/KenReid/KenReidOverview.asp |archivedate=4 March 2009 |df=dmy-all }} 9 : 1895 births|1980 deaths|People from Dundee|Comic book editors|Scottish book editors|Journalists from Dundee|Scottish comics writers|Writers from Dundee|Scottish male writers |
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