Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (also known as The Floyd Gottfredson Library) is a 2011–2018 series of books collecting the span of work by Floyd Gottfredson on the daily Mickey Mouse comic strip in twelve volumes, as well as Gottfredson's Sunday strips of the same title over two separate volumes. The strips are reproduced from Disney proof sheets and artwork from private collections.
Background The strip debuted on January 13, 1930, and was initially written by Walt Disney and drawn first by Ub Iwerks, then by Win Smith. Gottfredson took over the strip when Disney and Smith found themselves too busy, and he continued with it until 1975. These volumes start with Gottfredson's work from April 1, 1930, while including the earlier non-Gottfredson strips in an appendix to the first volume. The series is uncensored, and as the strips were done in the 1930s, some of the strips may come across as offensive to modern readers, especially due to racial stereotypes that were common at the time. As presented in the books, however, the more dated material is accompanied by explanatory text, putting it in the context of its historical time.
Gottfredson's run on Mickey Mouse lasted until 1975. In the earlier years, which are the focus of this series, it was a humorous adventure strip—as was common at the time—but in the later years became gag-focused.
These books are the first time Gottfredson's work has been collected in North America, although they've previously been collected in the 1980s in Germany as The Complete Daily Strip Adventures of Mickey Mouse 1930–1955 and in 2010 in Italy as Gli anni d'oro di Topolino.
Format The hardcover volumes have been edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth while designed by Jacob Covey, and are in a 10.5 inches × 8.75" inches (267 mm × 222 mm) landscape format. They are mostly in black-and-white, with some color pages, and each collects two years worth of strips. The strips are printed three to a page, with dozens of pages of supplementary material.https://www.timeout.com/newyork/books/review-mickey-mouse-race-to-death-valley Retrieved 2019-12-25 The two Color Sundays volumes are in full color.
The comic strips in the volumes have been reproduced from Disney's own master proof sheets of the strip.
The books of the series were available separately as well as in two-volume box sets.
Volumes and box sets Vol. Title Date Period(s) Cover Art Page count ISBN Notes INDUCKS1Race to Death Valley2011-06-15Daily strips January 13, 1930 – January 9, 1932Mickey Mouse288Volume begins with "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley", the first story Gottfredson worked on (starting April 1, 1930) Includes "Lost on a Desert Island" by Walt Disney and Win Smith (Jan 13 – Mar 31 1930 strips) in appendix2Trapped on Treasure Island2011-10-31Daily strips January 11, 1932 – January 9, 1934Horace Horsecollar280Includes "Return to Blaggard Castle" (modern sequel to one of the book's Gottfredson stories) in appendix3High Noon at Inferno Gulch2012-07-02Daily strips January 10, 1934 – January 4, 1936Mickey Mouse280Includes 1937 Donald Duck story "The Secret of Mars" by Federico Pedrocchi from Donald Duck and Other Adventures (Paperino e altre avventure) in appendix4House of The Seven Haunts!2012-11-15Daily strips January 6, 1936 – February 5, 1938Goofy280Includes "Mystery of Freefer Hall" by Don Markstein and César Ferioli (modern sequel to one of the book's Gottfredson stories) in appendixColor Sundays 1Call of the Wild2013-07-19Sunday strips 1932–1935Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck280Includes 1931–1933 Mickey strips by Fred Spencer and Guglielmo Guastaveglia (Gottfredson-inspired spin-offs for foreign and non-newspaper publication) in appendixColor Sundays 2Robin Hood Rides Again2013-11-16Sunday strips 1936–1938 plus select later dates; Gottfredson Silly Symphonies and Treasury of Classic Tales strips 1937, 1956–1961Mickey Mouse with Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse280Includes 1940–1951 Mickey strips by Manuel Gonzales (Gottfredson's successor on the Mickey Sunday page) in appendix5Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot2014-06-22Daily strips February 7, 1938 – April 20, 1940Mickey Mouse280Includes 1955 revision of "Phantom Blot" storyline in appendix, redone by Paul Murry to conform to 1950s comics censorship6Lost in Lands of Long Ago2014-11-16Daily strips April 22, 1940 – May 2, 1942Pete272Includes "Riddle of the Red Hat" by Carl Barks (Barks' one Mickey comic book story, reusing some Gottfredson characters and poses) in appendix7March of the Zombies2015-05-01Daily strips May 4, 1942 – April 15, 1944Mickey Mouse272Includes "The Professor's Experiment" by Bill Wright (World War II Mickey Sunday serial supervised by Gottfredson) in appendix8The Tomorrow Wars2015-12-07Daily strips April 17, 1944 – July 27, 1946Minnie Mouse272Includes "A Mickey Mystery" by Byron Erickson and Cesar Ferioli (modern sequel to various Gottfredson stories) in appendix9Rise of the Rhyming Man2016-07-12Daily strips July 29, 1946 – October 9, 1948Mickey Mouse288Includes "Lost in the Microcosmos" by Romano Scarpa in appendix10Planet of Faceless Foes2016-12-06Daily strips October 11, 1948 – March 24, 1951Eega Beeva296Includes "Stir Crazy" by Noel Van Horn in appendix.11Mickey vs. Mickey2017-09-06Daily strips March 26, 1951 – June 20, 1953Mickey Mouse 296Includes "The Seven Dupes" by Andrea "Casty" Castellan (modern sequel to one of the book's Gottfredson stories) in appendix.12The Mysterious Dr. X2018-01-23Daily strips June 22, 1953 – October 4, 1955Goofy296Includes Disney Christmas Story 1963–1965 continuities drawn by Gottfredson
Box sets Box sets Vol. Release date Title Volumes Period(s) ISBN 12011-10-31Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vols. 1 & 21 & 21930–193422012-11-15Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vols. 3 & 43 & 41934–193832014-12-06Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vols. 5 & 65 & 61938–194242015-12-07Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vols. 7 & 87 & 81942–194652016-12-06Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vols. 9 & 109 & 101946–195162018-01-23Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vols. 11 & 1211 & 121951–1955N/A2013-11-16Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color SundaysCS 1 & CS 21932–1938, 1956–1961
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