Mickey was created as a replacement for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an earlier cartoon character created by Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios .When Disney asked for a bigger budget for his popular Oswald series, Mintz announced that Disney could keep doing the Oswald series as long as he agreed to a budget cut and went on the payroll. Mintz owned Oswald and thought he had Disney over a barrel. Angrily, Disney refused the trade and returned to the final Oswald cartoons he contractually owed Mintz produce. Disney was dismayed at the betrayal by his staff, but determined to restart from scratch. The new Disney Studio initially consisted of animator Ub Iwerks and a loyal apprentice artist, Les Clark. One lesson Disney learned from the experience was to thereafter always make sure that all his rights to the characters produced by his company owned.
In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new ideas in nature. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals such as dogs and cats, but none of these suspects Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. She would later appear as Clara Belle Cow and Horace Horse Collar. (A male frog, also rejected, would later appear in his own Flip Iwerks' Frog series.) Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from his old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to a new mouse character for Disney to create. "Mortimer Mouse" Disney's original name for the character of his wife Lillian convinced him to change it, and eventually came Mickey Mouse .Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, which was inspired by Disney Mickey Mouse for him to call.
Mickey and Minnie debuted in the cartoon short Plane Crazy, first released on the 15th maj 1928th The cartoon was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks was also the main animator for this short and reportedly spent six weeks working on it. Indeed Iwerks main animator for every Disney short released in 1928 and Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising 1929th also assisted Disney during those years. They had already signed their contracts with Charles Mintz, but he was still in the process of forming his new studio and so for the moment was still employed by Disney. This card will be the last they animated under this somewhat awkward situation.
In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new ideas in nature. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals such as dogs and cats, but none of these suspects Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. She would later appear as Clara Belle Cow and Horace Horse Collar. (A male frog, also rejected, would later appear in his own Flip Iwerks' Frog series.) Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from his old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to a new mouse character for Disney to create. "Mortimer Mouse" Disney's original name for the character of his wife Lillian convinced him to change it, and eventually came Mickey Mouse .Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, which was inspired by Disney Mickey Mouse for him to call.
Mickey and Minnie debuted in the cartoon short Plane Crazy, first released on the 15th maj 1928th The cartoon was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Iwerks was also the main animator for this short and reportedly spent six weeks working on it. Indeed Iwerks main animator for every Disney short released in 1928 and Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising 1929th also assisted Disney during those years. They had already signed their contracts with Charles Mintz, but he was still in the process of forming his new studio and so for the moment was still employed by Disney. This card will be the last they animated under this somewhat awkward situation.
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