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The "canonical" debut of Bugs Bunny was released on this day in 1940, the Tex Avery short A Wild Hare. There are a couple sorta-Bugs-Bunny cartoons before this one, but it's fair to view this as his first. Happy 86th birthday, Bugs.
A Wild Hare (1940)The following essay was originally published on my Strawberry Penguin Substack on April 11, 2025. One only has to look at the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film winners and nominees to noti…strawberrypenguin.ca