Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 18, 2022 Hash Fellow Share Posted June 18, 2022 Several years ago @Roger bought me a volume of the very early "Mickey Mouse" newspaper comic strips. I'm re-reading it now and noticing some oddities I hadn't caught before... April 30, 1930 That line was written by Walt Disney himself. He was still scripting the daily comic at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildsided Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Has that same level of wrongness feeling as the Flintstones advertising cigarettes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*A:M User* Roger Posted June 19, 2022 *A:M User* Share Posted June 19, 2022 Somewhere there is a video of Mickey making swiss cheese. I don't know if it was an official "underground" Disney animation produced by a Disney animator or if it was made many years after the fact as a "fake". I'd post it but it's a it risque.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted June 26, 2022 Railroad adventure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted July 1, 2022 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted July 1, 2022 Two villains get whacked! I wonder which one is Jewish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted July 14, 2022 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted July 14, 2022 Here's something I almost never see in these old Mickeys... breaking out of the frame. A word balloon does it in the second frame and Mickey's hand in the fourth frame overlaps the previous frame. I'm not enough of a student of late 20s newspaper strips to know if this was novel or not, but I haven't caught them doing it since this strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 There is one Mickey Mouse cartoon (Karnival Kid) where Mickey takes the top of his head (and two ears) off to greet Minnie. That is the source of the Mickey Mouse hats which became a licensing bonanza. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Hash Fellow Share Posted August 2, 2022 It turns out that Disney's standard animation tough guy Peg Leg Pete (seen above) may have a real-life inspiration. RoadsideAmerica dot com has a story about a monument to "Liar Peg Leg Smith", a personality in early California history... Quote Peg Leg Smith was a "mountain man, prospector, and spinner of tall tales," who lived from 1801 to 1866. A born Kentuckian who staggered West and never returned, Smith claimed he found pure gold nuggets in the Borrego Springs area. Peg Leg would tell anyone who'd listen about the "fabulous wealth" hidden in the hills. It was hidden because Peg Leg couldn't exactly remember where the mine was.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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