The US Postal Service has celebrated Bugs Bunny’s status as a genderfluid icon with two stamps showing him in drag. As one of the greatest American cartoon characters of all time, the carrot-munching Bugs has influenced generations of kids.
And his zany Looney Tunes cartoons often showed him dressing up as a woman to trick his adversary Elmer Fudd. In a few instances, the two even got married and lived together.
Now the US Postal Service has marked the 80th anniversary of his official screen debut with a series of 10 designs. And two of them feature Bugs in drag.
One stamp shows Bugs dressed as Richard Wagner’s powerful female figure Brunhilde – the most famous character in opera. That comes from the 1957 animation What’s Opera, Doc? – a