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"Oh, for gosh sakes!" Floyd Gottfredson's classic 1930s is back for another round of thrills, chills, and epic quests -- taking him from the depths of teeming jungles to the halls of spooky Blaggard Castle. Mickey's classic Disney bad guys are here, too, with arch-enemy Pegleg Pete joined for this book by the mysterious "Bill Shakespeare" and hypnosis-happy Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex! Floyd Gottfredson, artist of Mickey Mouse from 1930-1975, made it the most popular cartoon-based comic of its time. Unafraid to tackle social satire and grown-up action-adventure, Gottfredson produced a Mouse for all ages. Today as Disney's video game brings Mickey's gutsy side to a new medium. Fantagraphics' series shows just how long Mickey has been a hero! In this book you'll relive Mickey's fight with pirates on desolate Treasure Island; his quest with Goofy to catch ruthless counterfeiters; and his battles to save windy Horace Horsecollar from mad scientists, a robbery frame-up -- and himself! Lovingly restored from Disney's original negatives and proof sheets, also includes more than 50 pages of fascinating supplementary features. You'll enjoy rare behind-the-scenes art, vintage publicity material, and vivid commentary by a full team of seasoned Disney scholars. Walt Disney often said that his studio's success "all started with a mouse" -- and today Mickey is among the world's most recognizable icons in the world. Now it's time to rediscover the wild, unforgettable personality behind the icon: Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse.
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"Over time, Mickey's personality becomes more refined...; scrappier, tougher and more determined to seek justice (or an adventure) regardless of the odds. ...[T]his series is rich with detail, both in the strip itself and in the editorial handling of the material, [in a way] that ." Chris Mautner
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".... As in his contemporaneous animated cartoons, this Mickey is a feisty, wisecracking daredevil... Gottfredson's charmingly old-fashioned drawings accentuate the gags and briskly propel the plotlines." Robot 6
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"Gottfredson's comics are as classy, funny and as slick as the Disney shorts from the same period.... A fine package, a full meal, and a perfect follow-up to volume 1, fills a gap long-neglected in animation history. " Gordon Flagg Booklist
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"...[A]s amazing as it sounds David Gerstein and Fantagraphics have managed to do it again: they have produced at the same time ." Jerry Beck Cartoon Brew
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"The Mickey Mouse books from Fantagraphics... feel like the Criterion Collection DVDs translated into comic strip compilations, a prime example of how to give the readers .... With , I'm already eager to see what Gottfredson did next. I'm in for the long haul." Didier Ghez Disney History
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"These Floyd Gottfredson-created adventure strips... are everything you want from a feature like this: ." Greg McElhatton Read About Comics
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"The stories are dense, packing plenty of dialogue into the strips -- and the themes are darker than the bright-eyed, factory-sealed tales of today.... The reproduction is crisp -- the black inks are meticulous in their separation.... This dynamic look is in the life of the character who started it all for Disney." Tom Spurgeon The Comics Reporter
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"Can you believe that the tapioca-plain Mickey Mouse was... once a high-spirited adventurer...? He was in the original comic strips... It's ." Alex Carr Omnivoracious (Amazon.com)
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Floyd Gottfredson, artist of Mickey Mouse from 1930-1975, made it the most popular cartoon-based comic of its time. Unafraid to tackle social satire and grown-up action-adventure, Gottfredson produced a Mouse for all ages. Today as Disney'sEpic Mickey video game brings Mickey s gutsy side to a new medium. Fantagraphics Mickey Mouse series shows just how long Mickey has been a hero In this book you ll relive Mickey s fight with pirates on desolate Treasure Island; his quest with Goofy to catch ruthless counterfeiters; and his battles to save windy Horace Horsecollar from mad scientists, a robbery frame-up and himself Lovingly restored from Disney s original negatives and proof sheets, Mickey Mouse: Trapped on Treasure Island also includes more than 50 pages of fascinating supplementary features. You ll enjoy rare behind-the-scenes art, vintage publicity material, and vivid commentary by a full team of seasoned Disney scholars. Walt Disney often said that his studio s success all started with a mouse and today Mickey is among the world s most recognizable icons in the world. Now it s time to rediscover the wild, unforgettable personality behind the icon: Floyd Gottfredson s Mickey Mouse. "
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In Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 2: Trapped on Treasure Island, the classic 1930s newspaper strip Mickey Mouse is back for another round of thrills, chills, and epic journeys as cartoonist Floyd Gottfredson takes the titular character from the depths of teeming jungles to the halls of spooky Blaggard Castle. Mickey fights with pirates on desolate Treasure Island; he quests with Goofy to catch ruthless counterfeiters; and battles to save windy Horace Horsecollar from mad scientists, a robbery frame-up -- and himself Mickey's classic Disney bad guys are here too: archenemy Pegleg Pete is joined by the mysterious "Bill Shakespeare" and hypnosis-happy Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex
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The comics that defined the Mouse!
About the Author
Hired as a short-term replacement on the fledgling Mickey Mouse daily strip in 1930, Floyd Gottfredson (1905-1986) went on to draw the feature for the next 45 years. He created the most famous Mickey tales ever told in print. He is a Disney Legend and was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2006.David Gerstein is a comic book writer/editor and animation historian specializing in the Disney Standard Characters. His books include Mickey and the Gang: Classic Stories in Verse and Walt Disney Treasures--Disney Comics: 70 Years of Innovation. He lives in New York City, NY.Gary Groth