Thursday, July 27, 2006

Speck the Altar Boy

This book was originally my uncle's (when he was a boy) but was given to me by my mother when I started serving many moons ago. Speck is a mischievous server in the times when priest wore cassocks and nuns wore habits. The cartoons are drawn by Margaret Ahern.

I’ll be posting a scanned image of Speck’s adventures here and there.

"O.K. if a layman blows out the candles?"

8 comments:

aaron said...

and no lace... none of the Speck cartoons have any lace.

Xavier said...

Fabulous! Absolutely wonderful comic! Good work on keeping this; make sure you bring it to Mass on Sunday. I'm pleased about the lace...

aaron said...

yeah, this one is one of my favourites.

Anonymous said...

Guys - Speck was created by my father, Tut LeBlanc. I am glad you enjoy his work!

Molly LeBlanc Dorsey

Megan said...

Margaret's my grandmother. She was an amazing woman... compassion, faithful and always kept her sense of humor!

Anonymous said...

Margaret Ahern was the creator of Speck .no one else .

Anonymous said...

W. R. Tut LeBlanc of Abbeville Louisiana started with "An Altar Boy named Speck"... Margaret Ahern continued that work when he passed away in 1952, you can check your sources, but it's a fact that Speck was "created" by LeBlanc.

Anonymous said...

Margret ahern my mom’s cousin wrote spec the alter boy in the New World Catholic newspaper