In 1928, Disney and a little cartoon mouse named Mickey became stars of the silver screen. The first-ever animated film with synchronized sound, "Steamboat Willie tells the story of Mickey the steamboat pilot and his determination to impress Minnie Mouse.
Mickey Mouse has transformed himself into the main character of a full length Novel! Join all the characters you love! Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Cinderella, Oswald the Rabbit, One-eyed Pete, Winnie the Pooh and friends, Peter Pan, Walt Disney and many more on a adventure into Mickey's dreams and destiny aboard the Legendary Steamboat Willy. Have you every desired your favorite child cartoon character be reimagined for your adult novel intellect? With the help of Walt Disney, this dream of magic is now possible!
In Birth of an Industry, Nicholas Sammond describes how popular early American cartoon characters were derived from blackface minstrelsy. He charts the industrialization of animation in the early twentieth century, its representation in the cartoons themselves, and how important blackface minstrels were to that performance, standing in for the frustrations of animation workers. Cherished cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat, were conceived and developed using blackface minstrelsy's visual and performative conventions: these characters are not like minstrels; they are minstrels. They play out the social, cultural, political, and racial anxieties and desires that link race to the laboring body, just as live minstrel show performers did. Carefully examining how early animation helped to naturalize virulent racial formations, Sammond explores how cartoons used laughter and sentimentality to make those stereotypes seem not only less cruel, but actually pleasurable. Although the visible links between cartoon characters and the minstrel stage faded long ago, Sammond shows how important those links are to thinking about animation then and now, and about how cartoons continue to help to illuminate the central place of race in American cultural and social life.
Making his film debut in the 1928 animated classic Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse is featured as a mischievous riverboat deckhand whose wacky antics delight Minnie Mouse.
"(Almost) everything you wanted to know about Mickey Mouse! Thousands of facts, quotes, and stories about Walt Disney's famous alter-ego." -- Back cover.
Who's the captain of the boat that's fun for you and me? Celebrate ninety years of Mickey Mouse as he returns to his iconic original role as Steamboat Willie in this emojif-ied retelling of the classic short.
/DIV DIVIn The Mickey Mouse Treasures, author Robert Tieman describes in detail the adventures of everyone’s favorite mouse, from Mickey’s screen debut in Steamboat Willie to his starring roles in Fantasia and The Mickey Mouse Club. This richly illustrated book tells the story of Mickey’s incredible career, springing from the imaginations of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks onto the page, and becoming an international legend, hero, and icon. Included are chapters on Mickey’s family tree, the animators and voice actors who have given Mickey life over the decades, and Mickey’s numerous incarnations in film, television, print, and at the Disney theme parks. Filled with unique removable keepsakes, Mickey Mouse Treasures is an essential collector’s item for every Disney fan.