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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (also The Floyd Gottfredson Library) is a 2011–2018 series of books collecting the span of work by Floyd Gottfredson on the daily Mickey Mouse comic strip in twelve volumes, as well as Gottfredson's Sunday strips of the same title over two separate volumes.[2] The strips are reproduced from Disney proof sheets and artwork from private collections.[3]

Background

The strip debuted on January 13, 1930, and was initially written by Walt Disney and drawn first by Ub Iwerks, then by Win Smith. Gottfredson took over the strip when Disney and Smith found themselves too busy, and he continued with it until 1975. These volumes start with Gottfredson's work from April 1, 1930,[4] while including the earlier non-Gottfredson strips in an appendix to the first volume. The series is uncensored, and as the strips were done in the 1930s, some of the strips may come across as offensive to modern readers, especially due to racial stereotypes that were common at the time.[5][6] As presented in the books, however, the more dated material is accompanied by explanatory text, putting it in the context of its historical time.

Gottfredson's run on Mickey Mouse lasted until 1975. In the earlier years, which are the focus of this series, it was a humorous adventure strip—as was common at the time—but in the later years became gag-focused.[7]

These books are the first time Gottfredson's work has been collected in North America, although they've previously been collected in the 1980s in Germany as The Complete Daily Strip Adventures of Mickey Mouse 1930–1955[8] and in 2010 in Italy as Gli anni d'oro di Topolino.[9][10]

Format

The hardcover volumes have been edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth while designed by Jacob Covey, and are in a 10.5 inches × 8.75" inches (267 mm × 222 mm) landscape format. They are mostly in black-and-white, with some color pages, and each collects two years worth of strips. The strips are printed three to a page, with dozens of pages of supplementary material.[11][12][13][14] The two Color Sundays volumes are in full color.[15][16][17]

The comic strips in the volumes have been reproduced from Disney's own master proof sheets of the strip.[18][19]

The books of the series were available separately as well as in two-volume box sets.[20]

Volumes and box sets

Box sets

List of storylines featured in the series

Daily strips

Sunday strips

Reception

The series was given much praise for its production quality, the quality of the reproduction of the strips, and the extensiveness of the extra material.

Awards

Related

Free Comic Book Day 2011

In 2010 it was announced that Fantagraphics would participate in the promotional campaign Free Comic Book Day in May, 2011. They would release a comic book issue titled Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse featuring a Mickey Mouse story by Floyd Gottfredson.[26] The one storyline included in the issue was Pluto the Racer.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ Mautner, Chris (2011-01-02). "Exclusive: Fantagraphics to publish the complete Carl Barks". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  2. ^ Wolk, Douglas (July 24, 2010). "Fantagraphics Announces "Mickey Mouse" Reprints". Time. Time, Inc. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 1: "Race to Death Valley"". Fantagraphics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. ^ Solomon, Charles (2011-04-26). "Mickey Mouse, back when he still channeled Chaplin and Astaire". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. ^ Clabaugh, Rich (2011-06-26). "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. One: "Race to Death Valley"". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  6. ^ Smith, Steve (2011-07-13). "Review: Mickey Mouse: Race to Death Valley". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  7. ^ Mautner, Chris (2011-06-10). "Robot Reviews | Mickey Mouse Vol. 1". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  8. ^ The Complete Daily Strip Adventures of Mickey Mouse 1930–1955 at the INDUCKS
  9. ^ Gli anni d'oro di Topolino at the INDUCKS
  10. ^ "New Floyd Gottfredson Library in Italy". www.wolfstad.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  11. ^ "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson: Race to Death Valley". comicsworthreading.com. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  12. ^ "Robot Reviews | Mickey Mouse Vol. 1". www.cbr.com. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  13. ^ https://www.timeout.com/newyork/books/review-mickey-mouse-race-to-death-valley Retrieved 2019-12-25
  14. ^ "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. One: "Race to Death Valley"". Christian Science Monitor. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  15. ^ "Westfield Blog » Review: Fantagraphics' Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays: Call of the Wild". westfieldcomics.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  16. ^ "BOOK REVIEW: "Mickey Mouse Color Sundays"". www.indiewire.com. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  17. ^ "Review: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays: "Call of the Wild"". blogs.slj.com. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  18. ^ "BOOK REVIEW: "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot" |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  19. ^ "Westfield Blog » Interview: David Gerstein on Fantagraphics' Disney's Mickey Mouse". westfieldcomics.com. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  20. ^ "Search NYJB | new york journal of books". www.nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  21. ^ Barret, Michael (2011-05-04). "Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley"". PopMatters. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  22. ^ Mozzocco, J. Caleb (2011-06-29). "Mickey Mouse, but not as you know him". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  23. ^ "Your 2012 Eisner Award Winners", The Comics Reporter - article - Retrieved 2018-04-14
  24. ^ "2012 Harvey Awards nominees announced". www.cbr.com. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  25. ^ "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced". comicsalliance.com. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  26. ^ "ComicList Archives". www.comiclist.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  27. ^ "Celebrate Free Comic Book Day 2011 with Mickey Mouse!". fantagraphics.com. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-07.

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