COMIC BOOK STORY: "The Bear Claus" (Br'er Rabbit) (Patreon)

Here's a Christmas-themed story featuring Disney's Br'er Rabbit! 

Before Song of the South reached theaters in November 1946, the Disney Sunday strip Uncle Remus and His Tales of Br’er Rabbit first ran October 1945, as a preview for the upcoming feature. The first twelve weeks of the strip was a direct adaptation of Song of the South, and original stories featuring Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. As the stories continued in 1946, new characters were introduced such as Br'er Rabbit's sweetheart Molly Cottontail. 

The characters in Br'er Rabbit's stories found their way into other print media. Dell Comics adapted the stories from Song of the South in its Four Color series, in addition to other exclusive stories. Dell also ran featured Br'er Rabbit stories in Walt Disney's Comics & Stories. As you might have seen in previous stories shared on this Patreon, the three principal SOTS characters became frequent guest stars in the Li'l Bad Wolf stories. 

From Dell Giant - Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (December 1959)—drawn and inked by Al Hubbard. David Gerstein offers this comment: "I like how while Bear usually has a wife and kids and a farm [in the comics], here he's mysteriously just hibernating in a cave, fully dressed!"