Albedo Anthropomorphics

So he's a good person.

In terms of his publication history, he first appeared in an anthology called Albedo Anthropomorphics in 1984.

So all of the characters that were in this anthology were anthropomorphic animals of different kinds.

And then he was seen in Fantagraphic Books' anthropomorphic anthology Critters, which sort of followed the same trend, before appearing in his own series in 1987, which was also published by Fantagraphics.