Season's Greetings

King Features Syndicate Christmas Card

h/t to Comics in the Golden Age

So you want to start reading Disney comics.

Tezuka and American Comics

Uncomfortable Moments In Disney Comics, Part 15

From Mickey Mouse Joins the Foreign Legion

Marco?

Sekvenskonst uncovers a never-produced Floyd Gottfredson strip called Mark O' Polo

From Here to Eternity

Jim Korkis talks about one of my favorite comic book might-have-beens, The Uncensored Mouse.

Via The Comics Reporter

Uncomfortable Moments in Disney Comics, Part 13

From this year's FCBD story, "Pluto the Racer"

Boy, the 1930's sure loved their stereotypical Italian characters.  I bet Mario the Plumber could have headlined his own strip back then.  Bobbida boopy?

Free Comic Book Day!

Today is Free Comic Book Day!   Go down to your local comic shop and get some FREE COMICS!

Say Uncle

Speaking of colorful relatives, meet Mickey's Uncle Gudger:

Charming fellow, no?

By Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson, 1954

The only civilized thing I still got a hanker fer

If your cousins are named Clabberwort and Hutch the Hermit, you might be a redneck.

The Fabulous Fifties has scans of a, um, fabulous Floyd Gottfredson/ Bill Walsh story from 1955 featuring some of Goofy's colorful relatives.

Wanta Fanta

Here's a nice interview with Gary Groth about the Fantagraphics Mickey Mouse project.

I'm looking forward to these, even though I'm trying to drastically cut my comics spending. Fantagraphics does such an amazing job with the Peanuts books, and the Mickeys look to be of similar quality.
Maybe I can con my local library into picking these up, and then steal 'em.

Hubba Hubba

The House of Cobwebs is to blame for alerting me to this sexy process server:

Rather racy for a Gottfredson Mickey story, no?

From "Eviction" by Floyd Gottfredson, 1946.

Take that, Ratzis!

 

Did you know Mickey Mouse fought the Nazis in WWII? Thanks to Comic Book Legends Revealed, now you know.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Hearst

From Sekvenskonst, another Floyd Gottfredston watercolor:

Beautiful

Uncomfortable Moments in Disney Comics, Part 12

From "Tanglefoot Pulls His Weight", 1934

by Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osbourne

Uncle Walt is a stern taskmaster.

The jerk won't even let poor Pluto get a bath!

From The Brave Little Tailor by Merill de Maris and Floyd Gottfredson.

If I had 300 mice, I'd call an exterminator.

Preview of Mickey Mouse and Friends #300

This is what I'd like to see more of from Boom-  An old-school Mickey and Eega Beeva story with a 1930's Gottfredson back-up.  

Yes, please!

Art Ape-reciation

The Greatest Ape has an awesome gallery of Floyd Gottfredson watercolors.

Circles and Rubber Hoses

Where would animation be without Bill Nolan?

Plus: John K analyzes Floyd Gottfredson's use of the rubber hose style.

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Man

Mike Allred is one of my art heroes. Back in the 90's his groovy retro-styled Madman was a breath of fresh air next to all the Deathblood and X-Posse garbage cluttering up the racks. Since then, Allred has continued to grow as an artist and writer, on his own creations and on work-for-hire stuff for DC and Marvel.

In issue #3 of Madman Atomic Comics from 2007, Allred paid homage to his favorite artists (and man, does he have a lot of favorites) by illustrating an issue-long conversation between two characters in the style of comic greats past and present. Among those honored were Popeye creator E.C. Segar, and Mickey Mouse Maestro Floyd Gottfredson:


Here's the complete list of artists whose style Allred appropriated for this special issue:



If you're unfamiliar with Allred's work, I highly recommend you check out one of the Madman/ Atomics collections, or his newest DC Vertigo series izombie.