in the interview of ross, published in "animato" magazine #19, ross recalls (on page 17) how the character of bugs bunny came to be. he says in the interview, "we received orders from the story department that they needed a drawing of a bunny. we all did drawings and tacked them on the wall, and the storymen voted on them. we had one writer named bugs hardaway, and for some reason, this one drawing became known as bugs' bunny. leon schlesinger liked the sound of the name and told them to keep it, and that's how bugs bunny got his name. years later, before he died, hardaway tried to get some credit for making the character, which he probably deserved. but warner bros owned the rights to everything we created."