Speck is a well-intentioned, spirited, energetic, and often all-too-human boy of the cloth, there to serve, to support, and when possible, to mooch your sweet snacks.

Tut LeBlanc was a talented cartoonist who created Speck for a single, local paper, not realizing at the time that his creation would go national and outlive him by decades. Begun in 1951 during the Catholic cartoon explosion, ‘Speck’ held a special place in a world otherwise filled with Sisters, Fathers, and Brothers.

This volume collects all the cartoons from both of the original two books of Tut LeBlanc’s work: An Altar Boy Named ‘Speck’ and ‘Speck’: More Cartoons. (Also available: Speck the Altar Boy: The Collection Compilation, collecting two books of cartoons by Margaret Ahern, who took over the series after LeBlanc’s early death.)

  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1949996719
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1949996715
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5  x 8.5 inches

By About Comics

About Comics, founded and run by Eisner Award-winning writer Nat Gertler, has been reprinting comics of various forms since 1999. Based in Camarillo, California, About Comics has published not just comics reprints (of comic strips, cartoon books, comic books, and graphic novels) but also original comics, comics how-to material, original and reprint prose novels, and historic material like the Negro Motorist Green Book. More information is available at AboutComics.com.