Scouting in Popular Culture - Comics

Comics

• Calvin and Hobbes character Calvin was in the Cub Scouts in some of the early strips.
• Garfield the Cat was licensed to promote Cub Scouting in the 1990s.
• Hamster Jovial et ses louveteaux, by Marcel Gotlieb, is a parody of a French Scoutleader surrounded by three Wolf Cubs (two boys and a girl).
• Harvey Comics characters were licensed for use by the Boy Scouts of America in the 1960s and 1970s. Casper the Friendly Ghost was used to promote Cub Scouting, while Richie Rich promoted Boy Scouting.
• Peanuts character Snoopy is the beagle in the long-running comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. He first appeared as a "Beagle Scout" in the 13 May 1974 strip and quickly becomes the leader of a troop composed of Woodstock and his other bird friends, a theme that reappears throughout the comic strip. They go on many camping trips and perform many Scout-like activities.
• Totor, Patrol Leader of the Cockchafers, an early cartoon by Hergé
• Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and sequels series featured the Junior Chickadees, a Girl Scout-like association with Daisy Duck's nieces April, May, and June Duck; the Junior Woodchucks are a Boy Scout-like association with Donald Duck's nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, the Brazilian version denotes them as Junior Scouts.