Bucky Bug
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Bucky Bug is a fictional character
, created by The Walt Disney Company
. He first appeared in the initial Silly Symphonies
comic strip
; he was the first Disney character to debut in comics. He was initially drawn by Earl Duvall
, who subsequently left Disney and joined Warner Brothers where he created Buddy (Looney Tunes)
.
Bucky only had one film appearance, in "Bugs in Love" (1932)
Bucky Bug also appeared in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
, where he was drawn by artists such as Al Taliaferro
and Carl Buettner. Bucky's supporting characters included June Bug (Bucky's girlfriend and later wife), Bo Bug (a hobo and Bucky's best friend), the Mayor (June's father), Grandpa Bootle Beetle (Bucky's adopted grandfather), and others. The Bucky stories always had the characters speaking in rhyme
.
Bucky's regular monthly feature ended in 1950, but he still made frequent cameo reappearances in new stories and reprints up to the present time.
Bucky is the first Disney character to make his first appearance in a comic strip outside The Mickey Mouse Universe.
He made a very brief cameo in the beginning scene of the 1988 Touchstone Pictures
/ Amblin Entertainment
film Who Framed Roger Rabbit
.
His first story is Bucky Makes His Name, published between the 10 January and the 10 April 1932.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
, created by The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
. He first appeared in the initial Silly Symphonies
Silly Symphonies
Silly Symphonies is a series of animated short subjects, 75 in total, produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939, while the studio was still located at Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
; he was the first Disney character to debut in comics. He was initially drawn by Earl Duvall
Earl Duvall
Earl Duvall was an artist best known for his work on Walt Disney comic strips in the early 1930s and for a handful of animated cartoon short subjects he directed at Leon Schlesinger Productions for Warner Bros.-Career:...
, who subsequently left Disney and joined Warner Brothers where he created Buddy (Looney Tunes)
Buddy (Looney Tunes)
Buddy is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of cartoons.-Looney Tunes:Buddy has his origins in the chaos that followed the severing of relations between animators Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising from producer Leon Schlesinger...
.
Bucky only had one film appearance, in "Bugs in Love" (1932)
Bucky Bug also appeared in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, sometimes abbreviated WDC or WDC&S, is an anthology comic book series that has an assortment of Disney characters, including Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Chip 'n Dale, Lil Bad Wolf, Scamp, Bucky Bug, Grandma Duck, Brer Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, and...
, where he was drawn by artists such as Al Taliaferro
Al Taliaferro
Charles Alfred Taliaferro , known simply as Al Taliaferro, was a Disney comics artist who used to produce Disney comic strips for King Features Syndicate...
and Carl Buettner. Bucky's supporting characters included June Bug (Bucky's girlfriend and later wife), Bo Bug (a hobo and Bucky's best friend), the Mayor (June's father), Grandpa Bootle Beetle (Bucky's adopted grandfather), and others. The Bucky stories always had the characters speaking in rhyme
Rhyme
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and is most often used in poetry and songs. The word "rhyme" may also refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes.-Etymology:...
.
Bucky's regular monthly feature ended in 1950, but he still made frequent cameo reappearances in new stories and reprints up to the present time.
Bucky is the first Disney character to make his first appearance in a comic strip outside The Mickey Mouse Universe.
He made a very brief cameo in the beginning scene of the 1988 Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Pictures is an American film production label and is one of several film labels of the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group. Established in 1984, its releases typically feature more mature themes and darker tones than those that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner.Touchstone...
/ Amblin Entertainment
Amblin Entertainment
Amblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its...
film Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American fantasy-comedy-noir film directed by Robert Zemeckis and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film combines live action and animation, and is based on Gary K. Wolf's novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, which depicts a world in which cartoon characters...
.
His first story is Bucky Makes His Name, published between the 10 January and the 10 April 1932.