Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Today in Comics History, March 12: Happy birthday, Ken Spears!

Born on this day in 1938: writer, animator, and producer Ken Spears, co-creator of Scooby-Doo and co-founder of Ruby-Spears Productions, both with Joe Ruby. Ruby-Spears gave us Thundarr the Barbarian, Fangface, Goldie Gold and Action Jack, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, Rubik the Amazing Cube, Mister T, Sectaurs, Centurions, Superman (1988) and more, and hired Jack Kirby to work on their productions.


from Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics (Ten Speed, July 2020), script and art by Tom Scioli

Happy birthday, Ken!

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