Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse "Race To Death Valley": Volume 1

Fantagraphics Books

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UPC:
9781606994412
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
6/15/2011
Release Date:
6/15/2011
Author:
Gottfredson, Floyd
Language:
English: Published; English: Original Language; English
Pages:
288
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One of the most eagerly-anticipated projects in comics. Today everyone knows Mickey Mouse as the cheerful ambassador of all things Disney. But back in the 1930s, Mickey gained fame as a rough-and-tumble, two-fisted epic hero an adventurous scrapper matching wits with mobsters, kidnappers, spies, and even (gulp!) city slickers! And Mickeys greatest feats of derring-do took place in his daily comic strip, written and drawn by one of the greatest cartoonists of the 20th century Floyd Gottfredson. For its first quarter-century, Gottfredsons Mickey Mouse was a rip-roaring serial: the most popular cartoon-based comic of its time, a trendsetting adventure continuity aimed at both kids and grown-ups, and the foundation on which all later Disney comics grew including the adventures of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge by Gottfredsons Disney colleague Carl Barks. Glimpses of Floyd Gottfredsons masterpiece have been reprinted over the years, most famously in Bill Blackbeards classic Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics. But the whole strip has never been comprehensively collected in English until now! Fantagraphics Books is proud to bring this classic Disney creation to a 21st century audience in its entirety, starting from the strips 1930 launch. Relive Mickeys race to a gold mine with Pegleg Pete hot on his heels; Mickeys life on the lam after being framed for bank robbery; even Mickeys ringside battle with a hulking heavyweight champ! The premiere volume features a dozen different adventures starring Mickey, his gal Minnie and her uncle Mortimer, his pals Horace Horsecollar and Butch, the villainous Pegleg Pete, and the mysterious and shrouded Fox. Gottfredsons vibrant visual storytelling has never been more beautifully reproduced; we promise the best reprinting the strip has ever seen, with each daily lovingly restored from Disneys original negatives and proof sheets. Death Valley also includes more than 50 pages of fascinating supplementary features, including rare behind-the-scenes art and vintage publicity material from the first two years of the strip. Critics, scholars, seasoned Disney archivists, and fellow cartoonists provide commentary and historical essays on the strips creation and execution. Walt Disney often said that his studios success all started with a Mouse Walt himself wrote the Mickey Mouse strip before turning it over to the able hands of Gottfredson and today Mickey is among the worlds most recognizable icons. Now its time to rediscover the wild, unforgettable personality behind the icon: Floyd Gottfredsons Mickey Mouse. 260 pages of black-and-white comic strips