Mickey Mouse: Movies into Comics #1: “The Picnic”
The direct pairing of a cartoon short and a comic-strip continuity happened very rarely with Mickey Mouse. Here’s an example.
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Disney’s “The Prince and the Pauper” (1990)
The animated version takes some major liberties with the famous tale in order to accommodate the Disney animated characters.
Flights of Fancy (Part 3): Lifts from Take-Offs
This week we start to notice more frequent reuses and modifications of old material among the numerous aerial cartoons produced during the early 1930’s.
Flights of Fancy (Part 1) – Revving Up
We’ll begin an exploration of the “wild blue yonder” in this new series of posts, documenting cartoonists’ love affair with aircraft.
Cartoon Yearbooks #1 – “The Copper Kettle” (1932)
At a time when characters weren’t as protected by their major corporations, Disney and Schlesinger studios would lend their stars for free to high schools as temp-yearbook mascots.
Hit the Beach (Part 8)
In this installment, we cover the years 1951 through 1953 – another period when suntans seemed more desirable, in spite of dermatologists’ advice.
Marketing of Animated Cartoons in the 1930s: A Case Study of the Loew’s Chain in New York City
A special report on the distribution and marketing of cartoon shorts during the golden age of Hollywood.
Mickey Mouse in “Runaway Brain” (1995)
The short marked the first appearance on Mickey Mouse on the big screen since the 1990 featurette The Prince and the Pauper.
Hit the Beach (Part 2)
As one of literature’s most famous beach dwellers was Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe”, Hollywood animators had a field day adapting his exploits in cartoons.
Cutting Into the Mickey Mouse Pocket Knife
Back in the 1930s, Mickey Mouse pocket knives were sold by the dozen wholesale to retail establishments.
