An Altar Boy Named Speck, also known as Speck the Altar Boy, is an American gag cartoon comic strip series created by Tut LeBlanc.
[2] Margaret Ahern continued the Speck comic upon LeBlanc's 1953 death, drawing it until 1979.
The comic is about a mischievous but lovable altar boy who keeps getting into various kinds of trouble.
Wilmer Ralph "Tut" LeBlanc[3] (born in Perry, Louisiana, 1915; died February 23, 1953[4]) was a self-taught artist.
[5] He drew the Speck material while living in Abbeville, Louisiana, where he had spent most of his life.