 Bell first drew Bush as a chimpanzee in a cartoon on his inauguration, as a reference to the 1951 film "Bedtime for Bonzo" starring Ronald Reagan.Bell later explained that he originally did not intend to continue with depicting Bush as a chimpanzee, but eventually come to find the portrayal very fitting after studying Bush's body language.Bush also appears in a cameo during the first volume of Marvel comics "The Ultimates".