| Bucky Bug | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Silly Symphony (comic strip) (January 10, 1932)[1] |
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| Species | Beetle |
| Gender | Male |
| Significantother | June Bug (wife) |
Bucky Bug is a beetle who appears inDisney comics. He first appeared in theSilly Symphony Sundaycomic strip,[1] and later appeared as a regular feature in the comic bookWalt Disney's Comics and Stories.[2]
Bucky Bug first appeared in the initialSilly Symphony strip, beginning January 10, 1932; he was the first character to debut inDisney comics. He was initially drawn byEarl Duvall, who subsequently left Disney and joined Warner Brothers where he createdBuddy (Looney Tunes).
Bucky only had one film appearance, in "Bugs in Love", released in October 1932.
Bucky Bug also appeared inWalt Disney's Comics and Stories. Starting in issue #20 (May 1942), the comic began reprinting some of Bucky's original 1930sSilly Symphony strips.[3] The reprints continued until issue #28 (Jan 1943), and were then replaced byLittle Hiawatha strips.[4]
Bucky'sSilly Symphony storylines were initially unnamed; the action moved from one week to the next, with no explicit break between chapters. In reprints, however, a set of names has become the standard:[1]
The Bucky strips ended with Bucky and June saying goodbye to the readers:[1]
On March 11, 1934, theSilly Symphony strip moved to its next storyline, based on the shortBirds of a Feather.[1]
In 1943, the anthology comic bookWalt Disney's Comics and Stories began publishing original full-length comic book stories, and the first new 10-page Bucky story appeared in issue #39 (December 1943) - "A Cure for Gout", byAl Taliaferro.[5] Bucky's stories appeared monthly for the next six years, ending with issue #120 (September 1950).[6] The stories were drawn by a number of artists, including Carl Buettner, Vivie Risto, Ralph Heimdahl andTony Strobl.[7]
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. American Bucky stories almost always had the characters speaking inrhyme.
Bucky still makes frequent appearances in Dutch stories 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 early in the 1988Touchstone Pictures/Amblin Entertainment filmWho Framed Roger Rabbit.
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