Sparky was created by Vision in King’s The Vision comic but the dog’s origin is quite dog. When a neighbor’s dog Zeke dug up the Grim Reaper’s body, Zeke was electrocuted by the Grim ...

starting with Schulz’s childhood as a painfully shy boy in Minnesota nicknamed “Sparky” — after a comic-strip character called “Sparkplug.” It was in the cards. Sparky, who dreams of ...

"There are rules," Wanda says. Sparky the dog's tragic TV history foreshadows the episode's biggest twist (we won't spoil it here) – but his comic book history is somehow even more tragic.

whom he refers to by his nickname “Sparky,” a few months after his comic strip “JumpStart” was syndicated in 1989. A lifelong “Peanuts” fan, he named the comic’s two main characters ...