Peck sold a second series – Squirrel Boy – which ran for 26 episodes on Cartoon Network from 2006-2007. In addition to his work in print and animation, Peck was also an educator.

Squirrel Boy tells the classic tale of a squirrel and his boy. Ten-year-old Andy's best friend and pet is Rodney, a know-it-all squirrel with a lot of big ideas. These two partners in crime lead ...

Now that’s entertainment!” Peck followed that series with Squirrel Boy, which ran on Cartoon Network in 2006 and 2007 and spawned a run of six shorts in 2008.

Everett Peck, whose comic-book creation Duckman was adapted into a late-1990s animated series with Jason Alexander voicing the lewd private-eye title character, died Tuesday, June 14, of cancer in ...