Pepe LePew…Exposed!

The true story of the scandal that brought down the skunk

April 19, 2021May 18, 2021 Bill Thomas 1 Comment Looney Tunes, Pepe LePew

Like so many before him, the persona of Pepe LePew did not age well into the 21st Century. Now the Looney Tunes skunk has decamped for Europe, where for centuries audiences have known to how separate art from artist. Staff cartoonist Bill Thomas has the exclusive story.

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Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas is the author and illustrator of the reasonably-priced children’s book The Proper Care and Feeding of your Mutant Mega Monster . He has also illustrated numerous books for Scholastic and HarperCollins. Over the years, his artwork has been seen in such non-streaming media as Girls' Life, Maxim, Cosmopolitan, the Village Voice, and Tigerbeat. That's right. Tigerbeat. Peruse his work at billthomasillustration.com.