Bluto

For the film character John "Bluto" Blutarsky, see Animal House.

Bluto
Publication information
PublisherKing Features Syndicate
First appearanceThimble Theatre (1932)
Created byE. C. Segar
Voiced by

Bluto, at times known as Brutus, is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his Thimble Theatre comic strip (later renamed Popeye). Bluto made his first appearance on September 12 of that year. Fleischer Studios adapted him the next year (1933) to be the main antagonist of their theatrical Popeye animated cartoon series.[31]

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