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I would like to buy a vowel, please. I can't tell you the trouble my Bohemian name of "Strnad" has given me over the years!
About Mickey Mouse: Actually, if you look at the early Disney cartoons, Mickey was much less of a goody-two-shoes than he became in later years. Some of the early cartoons and comic books have indeed fallen out of copyright, but if you can find them, they're worth a look! The early Mickey was quite the stinker. (But my love is for the old Warner Bros. cartoons, which struck me as much funnier than anything the Disney studios put out. If you read about the early days with Leon Schlesinger at "termite terrace," you'll see how the old WB cartoonists were the bad boys of the industry, which came out in the characters of Bugs and Daffy.)
You'll also see a "babification" of the design of Mickey Mouse...making Mickey more baby-like in his appearance. You have to do a little research into character design to become aware of the changes, but they are real. (I worked at Disney for 3 1/2 years and got to know a number of the artists, and they educated me into these things.)
Last edited by J. Strnad; 10-05-2010 at 12:52 AM.
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