From lust to Bugs Bunny – the rabbit has taken on different meanings throughout history, in global folklore and artistic symbolism. But how did it become the poster boy for Easter? Matthew ...

first appearing with Porky Pig as Happy Rabbit. In the cartoons, Bugs Bunny has hung out with movie stars like Bogie and Bacall. During World War II, he sold war bonds and satirized Hitler.

WITH PIXAR’s “Inside Out” spotlighting anew the brilliance of the studio’s famed “brain trust,” it’s worth dwelling today on arguably animation’s first great brain trust — at ...