tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post3691320959969605189..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: Book Review: WALT DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE, VOLUME 2: TRAPPED ON TREASURE ISLAND by Floyd Gottfredson (Fantagraphics Press, 2011)Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-78900958276575342082011-11-13T11:39:46.227-05:002011-11-13T11:39:46.227-05:00As I said in response to GeoX, “The Law” sure turn...As I said in response to GeoX, “The Law” sure turned on Mickey quite regularly in those early days! “Death Valley”, “Mr. Slicker”, and now this. <br /><br />We know it was a popular film trend to be on the “wrong side” (by design or circumstance): “Little Caesar”, “The Public Enemy”, “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang”, etc. But Mickey was ahead of the curve, even on some of those! He was almost Robinson, Cagney, and Muni all rolled into one! And, back then, the poor guy couldn’t even use Chief O’Hara as a character witness!<br /><br />Great observation on Gottfredson as possibly the first comics creator to have a dog “think out loud”! <br /><br />I sometimes say, when discussing older movies and citing their influences on future products of entertainment, “Everything had to come from somewhere!”, and maybe Schulz’s Snoopy owes a heretofore unacknowledged debt to Gottfredson’s Pluto!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com