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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse #6
Mickey Mouse, Vol. 6: Lost in Lands of Long Ago
Decades before Jurassic Park, Doc Dustibones brings Mickey to Cave-Man Island a lost world where fossil monsters survive alive! From stampeding brontosaurs to saber-tooth tigers, all of Goofy s least favorite Stone Age scares are here... and Dustibones is building a blimp to carry them to America! What could possibly go wrong? Floyd Gottfredson produced a canon of legendary, rip-roaring tales starring Mickey as a daring, two-fisted hero in a world-famous series of legendary adventures! Lost in Lands of Long Ago also includes several other stories and more than 30 pages of prehistoric extras! You ll enjoy rare behind-the-scenes art, vintage publicity material, and fascinating commentary by a clan of Disney cave bears. Rediscover the wild, unforgettable personality behind the icon: Floyd Gottfredson s Mickey Mouse."
272 pages, Hardcover
First published October 20, 2014
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Floyd Gottfredson
255 books39 followersArthur Floyd Gottfredson (1905-1986) was an American cartoonist. He is known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse newspaper strip, which he drew from 1929 to 1975, and mostly plotted himself from 1929 to 1945. His impact on the character of Mickey Mouse is often compared to the one that cartoonist Carl Barks had on Donald Duck. Because of the large international circulation of his strips, reprinted for decades in some European countries like Italy and France, Gottfredson can be seen as one of the most influential cartoonists of the 20th century. Many groundbreaking comic book artists, like Carl Barks and Osamu Tezuka, declared to have been inspired by his work.
Floyd Gottfredson grew up in a Mormon family from Utah. He started drawing as a kid on doctor's advice, as a form of rehabilitation after a sever injury, which left his dominant arm partially disabled for life. After taking some cartooning correspondence courses, teenage Floyd secured a job as cartoonist for the Salt Lake City Telegram.
At age 23, Floyd moved to California with his wife and family. He interviewed at the Disney Studios, hoping to land a position as a comic strip artist, but was hired as in-between animator instead. In that period writer Walt Disney and artist Ub Iwerks were starting a series of daily syndicated newspaper comic strips featuring Mickey Mouse, the character the two had created for animation the year before. A few months into the publication of the strips however, Iwerks left the Studios. Walt decided then to promote Gottfredson to the role of Mickey Mouse strip penciler, remembering his original request at the job interview. Not long after that, Disney left the entire process of creation of the strip to Gottfredson, who would eventually become head of a small 'comic strips department' within the Disney Studios.
Up to 1955, Mickey's strips were 'continuity adventures': the strips were not just self-contained gags, but they composed long stories that would stretch in the newspapers for months. In this context, Gottfredson had to developed Mickey's personality way beyond his animation counterpart. He made him an adventurer and multi-tasking hero, putting him in all kind of settings and genre-parodies: thriller, sci-fi, urban comedy, adventure in exotic lands, war stories, western, and so on.
Gottfredson scripted the stories on his own for a few years, only getting help for the inking part of the process. (Most notably by Al Taliaferro, who will become himself the main artist on the Silly Symphonies and Donald Duck syndicated strips.) Starting from around 1932, Gottfredson worked with various writers, mostly Ted Osbourne and Merril deMarris, who provided scripts for the strips, while Floyd retained the role of plotter and penciler. Starting from 1945, Gottfredson left all writing duties to writer Bill Wash.
In 1955, by request of the Syndicate, Mickey Mouse strips stopped being continuous stories, and became self-contained gag. Gottfredson would remain in his role of strip artist for twenty more years, up to his retirement in 1975.
Gottfredson died in 1986, with his achievements going mostly unknown to the larger American public (as his strips were technically all signed 'Walt Disney').
In 2006, twenty years after his death, Floyd Gottfredson was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Hall of Fame.
Floyd Gottfredson grew up in a Mormon family from Utah. He started drawing as a kid on doctor's advice, as a form of rehabilitation after a sever injury, which left his dominant arm partially disabled for life. After taking some cartooning correspondence courses, teenage Floyd secured a job as cartoonist for the Salt Lake City Telegram.
At age 23, Floyd moved to California with his wife and family. He interviewed at the Disney Studios, hoping to land a position as a comic strip artist, but was hired as in-between animator instead. In that period writer Walt Disney and artist Ub Iwerks were starting a series of daily syndicated newspaper comic strips featuring Mickey Mouse, the character the two had created for animation the year before. A few months into the publication of the strips however, Iwerks left the Studios. Walt decided then to promote Gottfredson to the role of Mickey Mouse strip penciler, remembering his original request at the job interview. Not long after that, Disney left the entire process of creation of the strip to Gottfredson, who would eventually become head of a small 'comic strips department' within the Disney Studios.
Up to 1955, Mickey's strips were 'continuity adventures': the strips were not just self-contained gags, but they composed long stories that would stretch in the newspapers for months. In this context, Gottfredson had to developed Mickey's personality way beyond his animation counterpart. He made him an adventurer and multi-tasking hero, putting him in all kind of settings and genre-parodies: thriller, sci-fi, urban comedy, adventure in exotic lands, war stories, western, and so on.
Gottfredson scripted the stories on his own for a few years, only getting help for the inking part of the process. (Most notably by Al Taliaferro, who will become himself the main artist on the Silly Symphonies and Donald Duck syndicated strips.) Starting from around 1932, Gottfredson worked with various writers, mostly Ted Osbourne and Merril deMarris, who provided scripts for the strips, while Floyd retained the role of plotter and penciler. Starting from 1945, Gottfredson left all writing duties to writer Bill Wash.
In 1955, by request of the Syndicate, Mickey Mouse strips stopped being continuous stories, and became self-contained gag. Gottfredson would remain in his role of strip artist for twenty more years, up to his retirement in 1975.
Gottfredson died in 1986, with his achievements going mostly unknown to the larger American public (as his strips were technically all signed 'Walt Disney').
In 2006, twenty years after his death, Floyd Gottfredson was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Hall of Fame.
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May 22, 2023
There are fun moments in this volume, but the stories aren't as creative and funny as the ones in The Tomorrow Wars.
January 1, 2018
Lost in Lands of Long Ago
é o sexto volume da coleção das tiras históricas de Mickey, escrito e desenhado por Floyd Gottfredson, publicada pela editora americana Fantagraphics Books – portanto, exatamente no original, em preto e branco e em inglês.
Além das tiras, há quase 30 páginas de material de alta qualidade: prefácio, apresentação de cada história, análises e artigos de especialistas, e mais extras como páginas alternativas, capas de outros países, histórias de outros artistas, etc.
Parte desta resenha se repete em outras da mesma série, por serem muitos volumes, de modo que os leitores podem eventualmente encontrar um ou outro, e não os demais. Cada uma, porém, tem detalhes específicos.
A Fantagraphics vem publicando duas séries de quadrinhos históricos Disney: a dos patos de Carl Barks (Donald, Tio Patinhas, etc.) e a do Mickey de Floyd Gottfredson. Desta, já foram publicados dez volumes, com mais dois em preparação, com cerca de 280 páginas. Todos podem ser encontrados isoladamente ou em caixas com dois volumes cada uma. A terceira caixa traz os volumes 5 e 6.
Existe outra coleção do Mickey histórico sendo publicada pela Editora Abril, um projeto original da Itália, que apresenta as histórias de Mickey traduzidas e colorizadas.
Coleções históricas Disney sendo publicadas
As diversas coleções históricas Disney atualmente existente podem ser encontradas na Amazon brasileira. As da Abril, integralmente, as da Fantagraphics, pelo menos em parte. Algumas em volumes individuais ou em caixas. Verifique sempre a disponibilidade.
Está indicado o primeiro volume de cada coleção. Neste volume, procure minha resenha, na qual estão listados os volumes e caixas publicados, com links para cada um.
1. “Os Anos de Ouro de Mickey”
Em português, tradução de original italiano, a cores, Editora Abril
> Mickey na ilha misteriosa *** R
2. “Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson”
Em inglês, em preto e branco, Fantagraphics (EUA)
> Race to Death Valley] *** R
3. “The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library”
Em inglês, em cores, em formato maior (aproximadamente 19 x 26 cm), Fantagraphics (EUA)
> Christmas on Bear Mountain*** R
4. “Coleção Carl Barks defintiva”
Em português, tradução da coleção da Fantagraphics, em cores, em formato reduzido (aproximadamente 16 x 24 cm), Editora Abril
> Perdidos nos Andes *** R
*** R – Álbum já resenhado por mim. Para ler minha resenha, role a página do livro até que ela apareça.
Além das tiras, há quase 30 páginas de material de alta qualidade: prefácio, apresentação de cada história, análises e artigos de especialistas, e mais extras como páginas alternativas, capas de outros países, histórias de outros artistas, etc.
Parte desta resenha se repete em outras da mesma série, por serem muitos volumes, de modo que os leitores podem eventualmente encontrar um ou outro, e não os demais. Cada uma, porém, tem detalhes específicos.
A Fantagraphics vem publicando duas séries de quadrinhos históricos Disney: a dos patos de Carl Barks (Donald, Tio Patinhas, etc.) e a do Mickey de Floyd Gottfredson. Desta, já foram publicados dez volumes, com mais dois em preparação, com cerca de 280 páginas. Todos podem ser encontrados isoladamente ou em caixas com dois volumes cada uma. A terceira caixa traz os volumes 5 e 6.
Existe outra coleção do Mickey histórico sendo publicada pela Editora Abril, um projeto original da Itália, que apresenta as histórias de Mickey traduzidas e colorizadas.
Coleções históricas Disney sendo publicadas
As diversas coleções históricas Disney atualmente existente podem ser encontradas na Amazon brasileira. As da Abril, integralmente, as da Fantagraphics, pelo menos em parte. Algumas em volumes individuais ou em caixas. Verifique sempre a disponibilidade.
Está indicado o primeiro volume de cada coleção. Neste volume, procure minha resenha, na qual estão listados os volumes e caixas publicados, com links para cada um.
1. “Os Anos de Ouro de Mickey”
Em português, tradução de original italiano, a cores, Editora Abril
> Mickey na ilha misteriosa *** R
2. “Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson”
Em inglês, em preto e branco, Fantagraphics (EUA)
> Race to Death Valley] *** R
3. “The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library”
Em inglês, em cores, em formato maior (aproximadamente 19 x 26 cm), Fantagraphics (EUA)
> Christmas on Bear Mountain*** R
4. “Coleção Carl Barks defintiva”
Em português, tradução da coleção da Fantagraphics, em cores, em formato reduzido (aproximadamente 16 x 24 cm), Editora Abril
> Perdidos nos Andes *** R
*** R – Álbum já resenhado por mim. Para ler minha resenha, role a página do livro até que ela apareça.
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