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steacy in manhattan . at the 2013 wizard world new york experience y canadian canadian y y 8 january 1955 ken steacy @ wizard world nyc experience 2013.jpg ken steacy

ken steacy

ken steacy -lrb- born january 8 , 1955 -rrb- is a canadian comics artist and writer best known for his work on the now comics comic book series of `` astro boy '' and of the comico comic series of `` jonny quest '' , as well as his graphic novel collaborations with harlan ellison -lrb- `` night and the enemy '' , 1987 -rrb- and dean motter -lrb- `` the sacred and the profane '' , 1987 -rrb- .
ken was a member of the royal canadian air cadets 386 comox squadron .
in 1990 , dc comics published steacy 's `` tempus fugitive '' .
since 2004 steacy has been running a publishing company called ken steacy publishing .
ken made several appearances in the 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2014 desert bus for hope charity webcasts , run by the sketch comedy group loadingreadyrun -lrb- of which his son alex is a member -rrb- .
for a donation of $ 500 he drew a picture of amaterasu , the main character of '' Ōkami '' .
for $ 1100 , he drew a picture of link and epona from the `` legend of zelda '' franchise .
he also donated a large amount of items for auction .
for his contributions he was given the nickname `` value added '' .
during the 2014 desert bus for hope , steacy made an appearance wearing an astro boy costume auctioning off pieces from his collection .
in 2009 , steacy was inducted into the canadian comic book creator hall of fame .
in the fall of 2011 , steacy and his wife , graphic novelist joan steacy , started teaching a visual storytelling course at camosun college in victoria , british columbia .
the steacys have since developed a comics and graphic novels certificate program to be offered through camosun college .
