Bluto (also 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 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.