Various comic-book and cartoon creators have done homages to Kirby.

Each volume contains interviews with, cartoons by and personal ephemera related to 21 different cartoon creators.

The cartoon creator based this "dimwitted carnivore with the notoriously short temper" on the real Tasmanian devil, insofar as its voracious appetite and hostile demeanor.

The Professional Amigos of Comic Art Society (P.A.C.A.S. or PACAS, the Spanish word "pacas" meaning "bundle of goods") is a defunct American non-profit organization formed by several independent comic book and cartoon creators in 1995.

The group was made to bring together different artists, comic book and cartoon creators together to help with each other's projects.

Mr. Deitch, so you know, is a Prague-based cartoon creator and producer whose work includes "Tom Terrific," which he did for the "Captain Kangaroo Show."

Rick Bentley of the Ventura County Star said that it was unusual for a cartoon creator to select a wallaby as a main character.