num_pages: 286
description: Today everyone knows Mickey Mouse as the cheerful ambassador ofall things Disney. But back in the 1930s Mickey gained fame as a rough-and-tumble two-fisted epic hero  an adventurousscrapper matching wits with mobsters kidnappers spies and even (gulp!) city slickers! And Mickeys greatestfeats of derring-do took place in his daily comic strip written and drawn by one of the greatest cartoonists of the 20thcentury  Floyd Gottfredson.For its first quarter-century Gottfredsons Mickey Mouse was a rip-roaring serial: the most popular cartoon-basedcomic of its time a trendsetting adventure continuity aimed at both kids and grown-ups and the foundation on whichall later Disney comics grew  including the adventures of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge by Gottfredsons Disneycolleague Carl Barks.Glimpses of Floyd Gottfredsons masterpiece have been reprinted over the years most famously in Bill Blackbeardsclassic Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics. But the whole strip has never been comprehensively collected inEnglish  until now! Fantagraphics Books is proud to bring this classic Disney creation to a 21st century audience inits 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 heavyweightchamp! The premiere volume features a dozen different adventures starring Mickey his gal Minnie and her uncle Mortimerhis 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 reprintingthe strip has ever seen with each daily lovingly restored from Disneys original negatives and proof sheets. DeathValley also includes more than 50 pages of fascinating supplementary features including rare behind-the-scenes art andvintage publicity material from the first two years of the strip. Critics scholars seasoned Disney archivists and fellowcartoonists 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 Mousestrip before turning it over to the able hands of Gottfredson  and today Mickey is among the worlds most recognizableicons. Now its time to rediscover the wild unforgettable personality behind the icon: Floyd Gottfredsons MickeyMouse.
language: English
title: Mickey Mouse, Vol. 1: Race to Death Valley
publisher: Fantagraphics Books