Bucky Bug is a fictional character, created by The Walt Disney Company. He first appeared in the initial Silly Symphonies comic strip; he was the first Disney character to debut in comics. He was initially drawn by Earl Duvall, who subsequently left Disney and joined Warner Brothers where he created Buddy (Looney Tunes).

Bucky Bug also appeared in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, where he was drawn by artists such as Al Taliaferro and Carl Buettner. 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. The Bucky stories always had the characters speaking in rhyme.

Bucky's regular monthly feature ended in 1950, but he still made frequent cameo reappearances in new stories and reprints up to the present time; including a brief appearance in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Bucky is the first Disney character to make his first appearance in a comic strip outside The Mickey Mouse Universe.

His first story is Bucky Makes His Name, published between the 10 January and the 10 April 1932^[1].

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