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The Art of Mickey Mouse: Artists Intepret the World's Favorite Mouse
Exhibits different artists' versions of Mickey Mouse to show how a set of interconnected spheres could become animated into an American icon
128 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1992
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Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.
Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.
Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
--from Wikipedia
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December 2, 2020
This is another of those books where the cover tells you almost everything you need to know about it. Any description of the contents seems almost redundant.
Unsurprisingly, the book consists of many works of art in various media, all inspired by Mickey Mouse. There are cartoonists and comics artists, sculptors and painters, illustrators, animators, and digital artists, all brought together by this common theme. Some of them you’ve undoubtedly heard of: Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jack Kirby, Maurice Sendak, Robert Crumb, Moebius, Charles Schulz … Well-known or obscure, much of this work is fascinating. “Mickey Mouse” seems like such a simple theme, but there are infinite possible variations.
I’m impressed with the lack of pretentiousness. I mean, it's an art book, and the Introduction is written by John Updike. This could easily have turned into a High Art snob fest. But there's a cheerful, welcoming tone to the whole affair. Craig Yoe and Janet Morra-Yoe have assembled an eclectic group of artists, and, after a brief Foreword, they have enough sense to get out of the way and let the works speak for themselves.
On the whole, the book is light on text, and heavy on gorgeous artwork. Recommended!
Unsurprisingly, the book consists of many works of art in various media, all inspired by Mickey Mouse. There are cartoonists and comics artists, sculptors and painters, illustrators, animators, and digital artists, all brought together by this common theme. Some of them you’ve undoubtedly heard of: Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jack Kirby, Maurice Sendak, Robert Crumb, Moebius, Charles Schulz … Well-known or obscure, much of this work is fascinating. “Mickey Mouse” seems like such a simple theme, but there are infinite possible variations.
I’m impressed with the lack of pretentiousness. I mean, it's an art book, and the Introduction is written by John Updike. This could easily have turned into a High Art snob fest. But there's a cheerful, welcoming tone to the whole affair. Craig Yoe and Janet Morra-Yoe have assembled an eclectic group of artists, and, after a brief Foreword, they have enough sense to get out of the way and let the works speak for themselves.
On the whole, the book is light on text, and heavy on gorgeous artwork. Recommended!
March 21, 2017
Some pretty cool art and some unusual choices. I'm particularly fond of Jack Kirby's version.
March 27, 2025
May be a little generous to give this beautifully produced coffee table book a 5 but...what else could you ask for in a book like this? We have a very wide breadth of "outsider artists" all working in very different styles. From fine art, pop art, cartoonists, children's illustrators, etc, all given room to depict the ever preeminent cartoon mouse.
Lovely little read especially if you take interest in the alternative art space of the late 80's through the 90s. So many names both familiar and un-, some discoveries here felt like revelations to the design languages of the late 90's and early aughts.
Lovely little read especially if you take interest in the alternative art space of the late 80's through the 90s. So many names both familiar and un-, some discoveries here felt like revelations to the design languages of the late 90's and early aughts.
December 26, 2025
Una antología pop con una interesante diversidad de miradas. Liberen al ratón!!
January 1, 2011
Como este libro es chiquito y fácilmente transportable, se convirtió en lo último que me puse a leer en 2010 y lo primero que termino en 2011. Después de una introducción bastante nutrida en info pero un tanto condescendiente, le siguen un centenar de obras originales de distintos artistas alrededor del mundo. Algunos van a lo fácil y otros sorprenden por su originalidad, pero en conjunto forman un cuerpo artístico muy interesante y variopinto. Además, entre las obras se ven tanto interpretaciones de lo más chupamedias e idolizantes hasta críticas que van de la parodia chistosa a una sátira política políticamente incorrecta, si se me perdona la aliteración. En resumen, es un libro que le puede interesar incluso a aquellos que no tuvieron infancia y que merece, al menos, ser ojeado u hojeado, según el sentido capital que le quiera dar cada lector/observador.
February 11, 2014
This is a unique collection of work, with, what was contemporary artists at the time of publication, looking at the image and idea of Mickey Mouse and Disney as a corporation and their effect on modern America. Some of the artists look with rose colored glasses. Others incorporate Mickey as an after thought. Still others look on with distain. Each brings their own voice to the conversation that I feel most people would have at least some perspective or opinion on. The book itself feels partially contrived, as if seeking to cover all bases without thesis, or simply including art only because it has Mickey in it, no matter what the artist produces without a critical curatorship. The introduction by John Updike is on point and very appropriate.
November 25, 2015
A colorful art book containing a collection of artworks inspired by Mickey Mouse, including art by a.o. Charles M. Schulz, Michael Jackson(!), Ward Kimball, Ever Meulen, Robert Crumb, Jack Kirby, Maurice Sendak, Moebius, and several works by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Gary Baseman. Most works are clearly from the 1980s, and only a handful are really interesting as artworks. An enjoyable collection, nonetheless.
June 12, 2012
A collection of artwork by various artists, all in the theme of Mickey Mouse. It's fun to see the different interpretations of such an iconic image.
December 17, 2012
one word "classic"
May 2, 2013
great interpretations of the worl's most famous mouse, ranging from the beautiful to the very bizarre
February 9, 2014
what a fun book.
February 5, 2024
Traducción de Aurora Echeverría.
Diseño original: Yoe-Yoe Studio.
Impreso por Industria Gráfica Domingo.
Lo conseguí en lo de JulAr muy barato hace añares.
Diseño original: Yoe-Yoe Studio.
Impreso por Industria Gráfica Domingo.
Lo conseguí en lo de JulAr muy barato hace añares.
April 28, 2022
The art is so exquisite and it talks about the history of Mickey Mouse and the making of him.if you like art and Disney I recommend this book.
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