![]() ![]() Elmer's Pet Rabbit: First on-screen appearance of Bugs's name, though both characters show elements of their prototypes, such as Elmer wearing the Egghead suit.A Wild Hare: Official debut of Bugs Bunny in his classic form.Elmer's Candid Camera: Elmer's official debut, paired with the last appearance of the proto-Bugs note With the exception of his brief cameo in Patient Porky.Hare-um Scare-um (1939): Egghead's last classic appearance, as "John Sourpuss", and the first pairing with what would become Bugs Bunny, who appears with grey fur for the first time.A Feud There Was (1938): First appearance of the name Elmer Fudd.The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938): One of the Censored Eleven.Daffy Duck and Egghead (1938): Daffy Duck's first appearance in color.Egghead Rides Again (1937): Debut of Egghead.On a side note, he didn't appear as often as most people think-in fact, he only appeared in about 36 (out of 167) of the original Bugs Bunny cartoons, although he did star in many other character shorts, along with several of his own solo appearances, amounting to 62 classic shorts total (75 If you count the Egghead shorts). Mel Blanc did voice Elmer for a few later appearances after the Warner Brothers animation studio closed in 1969 (most notably for the short "Portrait of the Artist As a Young Bunny" in 1980), but Blanc himself said he never got the voice right. ![]() After Bryan died in 1959, Hal Smith voiced Elmer in two shorts, but the character was soon retired. ![]() There were a few scattered exceptions, but for almost all of the character's appearances, he was voiced by an actor named Arthur Q. He also had an earlier, less distinctive prototype named Egghead, who was sometimes referred to as Elmer.Įlmer Fudd was one of very few characters in the classic Looney Tunes era that was not voiced by the immortal Mel Blanc. Less popular with the other directors, who found him too weak. An avid hunter, thus Chuck Jones' favorite adversary for both Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck, reaching a peak in the iconic "Hunting Trilogy". It’s a barrel of fun, with a good story to boot." Shhhh! Be vewwy, vewwy quiet! I'm hunting wabbits! Hahahaha!"Įlmer Fudd is a major character of the Looney Tunes franchise, and one of only three humans in the regular cast (the others being Yosemite Sam & Tweety's owner Granny). I mean, he’s a grown-ass man running around in a cape and cowl – how can we not have a laugh here and there? Overall, Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1 succeeds in crossing over two characters that we’d never think could work. Why so serious? There’s certainly room for a bit of silliness in the Batman world. If you’ve ever wondered what Batman would look and act like in a Looney Tunes cartoon, King and Vaughns have you covered here. It’s funny, ridiculous, and so over the top that you can’t help but laugh. The backup story, also written by King but with art by Byron Vaughns, is more in line with the classic Looney Tunes modus operandi, as it puts the Dark Knight in Elmer and Bugs’ playground. Heck, it’s up there with Tim Sale’s work on The Long Halloween if you ask me. But don’t be fooled by the glum artwork and morbid colors on display, this is a terrifically illustrated tale. On the art front, Lee Weeks cultivates the tone in fine style, keeping the settings and characters gloomy and playing around with the shadows to make it even cagier. ![]()
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