Mickey mouse weekly covers request..1930's

[Peter Gray]

Love to see some examples..and the super artist that did them in this period..
I'll use for my blog...thanks in advance..very British civers with Mickey mouse and the gang...lovely colours and bursting with characters of Disney..was reading Alan Clarks book in the shop and wished I'd written the name down....

[stevezodiac]

I have about a dozen MMWs from the 1930s - just a question of finding them among my vast collection. They are tabloid sized so not easy to scan.

But what name?

[Peter Gray]

Reading the book in Oxfam Alan Clark the artist drew them in the 30's until another artist took over I think 1939 because the artist couldn't draw Mickey in the new style..
the covers had British themes like the boat race...firework night..etc...

Denis Gifford might have the artists name...I'll check..

[Digifiend]

There's five in the Comics UK Gallery, but only one from the period you're asking about: http://comicsuk.co.uk/gallery.php
Issue #1 - 08/02/1936

[Peter Gray]

that is one of them..its the old barn character type Mickey and friends..
checked the others and they are not by the artist..

[stevezodiac]

[quote="Peter Gray"]Reading the book in Oxfam Alan Clark the artist drew them in the 30's until another artist took over I think 1939 because the artist couldn't draw Mickey in the new style..
the covers had British themes like the boat race...firework night..etc...

Have you ever considered using punctuation in your posts? Was Alan Clark the artist who drew Mickey Mouse in the 30s?

[Peter Gray]

No the author of the book on artists and writers on UK comics...


its...my...trademark.. ...

[Peter Gray]

Found the artists name in the inyernational book of comics Denis Gifford page 52
Wilfred Haughton painted the covers..

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/haughton_wilfred.htm

Haughton drew his final Mickey Mouse Weekly cover in 1940 (for Weekly 229)

Basil Reynolds took over who was also great at drawing the covers..he also drew in the comic Skit, Skat and the Captain..

Wilfred refused to update the look of Mickey from barnyard look to the clothed Mickey..

[Peter Gray]

http://www.thechildrenspicturecompany.c ... ouse/page1



I've found these examples..I like the bonfire one..poor Goofy..

[big bad bri]

those mickey mouse look beautiful i really wish they could reprint all them now as a new weekly comic for a new generation the name alone would sell loads.

[stevezodiac]

I have a couple from the late 40s early 50s and the size was a bit smaller then. More like Sun and Comet sized.

[Peter Gray]

I could do a feature on the artist that drew them steve...so still interested to see on here..
the artist then was Basil Reynolds..also brilliant...

[philcom55]

There were some beautifully painted covers in the late 40s and early 50s (the best of the lot imho), but those weren't by Reynolds or Haughton.

- Phil Rushton

[stevezodiac]

I don't know where my MMWs are. I went through a crate last night (comics not beer) and they weren't in it - another dozen crates to go. (Those stackable plastic crates from Tesco which fold flat - ideal tabloid comic size).

[philcom55]

You can find a lot of Mickey Mouse Weekly covers on the excellent INDUCKS database:

http://coa.inducks.org/compmag.php?coun ... =on&order=

- Phil Rushton