| Cubitus | |
|---|---|
 Cubitus | |
| Author(s) | Dupa, Michel Rodrigue, Pierre Aucaigne |
| Illustrator(s) | Dupa, Michel Rodrigue |
| Current status/schedule | Running |
| Launch date | April 16, 1968 in Tintin magazine |
| Publisher(s) | Le Lombard |
| Genre(s) | Humor comics, Gag cartoon |
Cubitus is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the basis for the Wowser cartoon series appearing in the United States. Cubitus was created by the Belgian cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large anthropomorphic dog, who lives with his owner Semaphore. Cubitus is known as Dommel in Flanders and the Netherlands, Muppelo or Pom Pom in Finland, Teodoro in Italy, Zıpır in Turkey and Доммель in Russia. His name derives from the old anatomical name of the ulna bone, supposedly derived from the Greek kybiton (elbow).