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Spokescreature Bun Toons! YAY!

The Rabbit is amongst his peers!

The Rabbit is amongst his peers!

This is the LATEST I’ve ever put up a Bun Toon, but I have very good excuse!  I spent the morning with my daughter recording backing vocals for GLENN REID’S newest CD, and couldn’t get to the drawing desk on time.

But I Bun Toon in hurricanes, darkness and floods, so it arrives after all, if a few hours late.

Now that DC Comics has replaced their nearly-always-dead-Robin the Boy Wonder with Casper the Friendly Ghost, I thought it might be a nice opportunity to look back at a few other corporate, and institutional, mascots that have been replaced over the years.  It’s a fascinating history.

How many of you still remember these…

forgotten mascots revised 2

The stuff about Spuds MacKenzie is completely true, I looked it up.   She was really named HONEY TREE EVIL EYE.

Please serve your dog alcohol RESPONSIBLY.

Ty the Guy OUT!

Here now,  your BONUS Corporate Mascot Comic Book Moment:

Because LSD memories are so unreliable, I kept a copy of this from my childhood.  It's a real comic.

Because LSD memories are so unreliable, I kept a copy of this from my childhood. It’s real.

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For last week's re-run Bun Toons (because there was a convention), click here.

For last week’s re-run Bun Toons (because there was a convention), click here.

for the BUN TOON archive, click the trademarked bunny above

for the BUN TOON archive, click the trademarked mascot bunny above

Saturday Morning Cartoons!

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Tomorrow’s Easter Sunday, that’s a SPECIAL day for bunnies.

Ty the Guy.

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