Artist Everett Peck, creator of the comic book character Duckman and his late 90s animated adaptation, died Tuesday (6/14) of cancer at the age of 71 in California.
The “Duckman: Private Detective” series was developed by Peck in collaboration with the couple Gabor Csupo and Arlene Klasky, creators of “Rugrats: Little Angels” and “The Thornberrys”. The show ran for four seasons, from 1994 to 1997, and was nominated for three Emmy Awards as the Outstanding Animated Series.
The character was a skinny, talkative, skinny, womanizer, one-father detective conceived for a 1990 comic published by Dark Horse Comics. The adaptation featured the voice of Jason Alexander (from “Seinfeld”).
“It was an honor to voice your beloved creation and a joy to have met Everett,” tweeted Alexander in his honor this Friday (6/17).
Despite being best known for his auteur work, Peck has worked with other characters. In fact, he started in animation even before creating Duckman, having developed the design of the 1986 animated series “Ghostbusters”. Later he also came up with the look of the characters of “The New Ghostbusters”, from the film adaptation “Jumanji” and “Godzilla: the series”.
His latest cartoon was another original work: “Andy and the Squirrel” (Squirrel Boy), which aired for two seasons on Cartoon Network, from 2006 to 2008.
He has also worked on advertising design for companies such as Nike and Honda.
Source: Terra
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