the Fantagraphics' reprints of the "Mickey Mouse" comic strips by Floyd Gottfredson, are beautifully drawn: wonderfully constructed pieces of innocent whimsy that...
... Okay, so it's Post-Depression audiences that we're talking about: rough. After all, these strips were of the same generation of Dick Tracy. But unlike Chester Gould's violent cop, you'd never Mickey Mouse firing a gu--
And here Clarabel Cow's gonna bust some ass. But hey, she has a rolling pin, so Comedy, Right?
And Goofy empties about two boxes of ammo in a blind killing rage. This is pretty sobering when I think that these are the comic strips my Grandmother grew up reading.
Dear God! Walt Disney's signature is even on this one! These are the comic strips my Grandmother grew up reading?
Out of context, this panel makes it seem like Mickey's ultimate triumph is through a combination of arms escalation and damnright sadism...well that's exactly what it is.
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