Gumby Creator Art Clokey passed away on Friday at the age of 88.   The character was best known for the stop-motion-animated TV show, but it also inspired comics, including two Eisner Award winners.  Clokey also created Davey and Goliath. 

Clokey created Gumby in the early 50s; the first exposure for the character was on the Howdy Doody Show.  He voiced Gumby’s sidekick Pokey in some episodes.