Blanc said that the character's original name was Happy Rabbit ... of the character was labeled "Bugs' bunny," indicating that Hardaway had asked for a drawing of the rabbit, according to Time.

(Mel Blanc, who voiced the character, later claimed that the name was his idea, saying that they were going to call the character Happy ... was the bunny that Bugs had asked him to draw.) ...

Seventy-five years ago today, on July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny, the suave ... Prototypes of Bugs (sometimes referred to as Happy Rabbit) had already appeared in four films, as early as 1938's ...

first appearing with Porky Pig as Happy Rabbit. In the cartoons, Bugs Bunny has hung out with movie stars like Bogie and Bacall. During World War II, he sold war bonds and satirized Hitler.

Whether he’s the destabilizing force of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes’ glory days, or more centered in contemporary reboots that can’t measure up, Bugs Bunny remains a towering cartoon ...

In 1940, a gangly, gray rabbit hopped out of a hole in the ground, knocked on a bald man’s head and asked “What’s Up, Doc?” to the tune of the crunch of a large carrot. Though the rabbit ...

Don’t be misled by those earlier rabbits. On Sept. 10, 1940, Variety ran a brief item about the “new character Bugs Bunny” that WB was booking into Fox West Coast theaters. Bugs’ name ...

WITH PIXAR’s “Inside Out” spotlighting anew the brilliance of the studio’s famed “brain trust,” it’s worth dwelling today on arguably animation’s first great brain trust — at ...

Ever wonder what makes Bugs Bunny always look like Bugs Bunny ... consistency that gives cartoons their character, and How to Draw Cartoons can help even the most artistically challenged pencil ...