DCML Digest, Vol 42, Issue 21

[Donald D. Markstein]

>I have seen Oswald the lucky rabbit, and I noticed that he is a character similar with Mickey
>Mouse, except the ears. From history we know that one editor, had stollen character Oswald, from
>Walt Disney. The stollen cartoon, Oswald, had its own evolution. I wonder, if this cartoon became
>later Bugs Bunny. Does anyone know if this is true? 
>P.S. I don't know very well the history of comics, so maybe I am wrong.
>Nikos 
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>
Not even close! (Tho it does happen that Bugs started in 1938, the same 
year Oswald stopped appearing as a regular series character.) The 
separate histories of both characters can be found at 
http://www.toonopedia.com/oswald.htm and http://www.toonopedia.com/bugs.htm

Quack, Don