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Published: 2008-11-26 15:58:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 29449; Favourites: 535; Downloads: 786
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My ToonZone buddy recently celebrated his birthday, which through an amazing cosmic coincidence happens to fall on the same day as the birthday of one of cinema's greatest animated stars, Mickey Mouse. It was Mickey's 80th this year, so at John's suggestion, I drew this brief history of the mouse's evolution, highlighting some of his key roles through the past eight decades.Included are "Steamboat Willie" (1928), "The Band Concert" (1935), "The Brave Little Tailor" (1938), "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1941), "Mickey and the Beanstalk" (1947), "Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983), and "Runaway Brain" (1995). Of course, this only just begins to scratch the surface of Mickey's long and varied career - but if I tried to include all of his best roles, I'd be here all day. Happy birthday, both to Mickey and John!
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Well, at least you avoided that "Emo" from Kingdom Hearts, which was a good move.
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Well I'm also with you on that "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" thing, and I also tend not to draw CGI characters only because you can't quite capture their style as perfectly as you can just looking at the designs of any 2D character (although there are a lot of Pixar characters that I just love and are always begging to be drawn 
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice is definatly is greatest role.
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Pretty Cool Flatery to this great mouse... ^^!
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yay Mickey
I froget to draw her celebrate and I didn't know!
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It's also true that this is the year of the rodent.
Good job there, mate
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Mickey Mouse was probably the biggest part of my childhood when I was little and despite the kind of cartoons I've watched later on I've never forgotten any of these shorts.
I actually found the "Mickey's 60th Birthday" special on YouTube (with Roger Rabbit) so seeing as it's Mickey's birthday now I should probably take the time to watch it. [link]
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Oh, I just remembered another Mickey short you forgot: "The Prince and the Pauper" short from 1990, that was with "The Rescuers Down Under".
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More than appropriate for the occasion.
Aside from Disney skipping Mickey's 80th birthday this year (God knows why), I don't think they've updated his evolution chart in a while.
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Runaway Brain, somehow I never saw that one...
The thought of a snarling zombie Mickey, ~*shudders*~....
But Happy Birthday to your friend and to Mickey Mouse!!
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Excellent evolutionary drawing! I've watched all of these except the last one when I was younger. I even remember watching The Band Concert in French several times while in Switzerland.
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I have a poster almost similar to this hanging up in my bedroom. 
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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was intended to be a standalone short at first, but it turned out to be so extravagant and expensive that Walt decided it'd work better and be more profitable as part of a compilation feature. And thus, Fantasia was born - and I'd say it was a worthwhile experiment! (Critics didn't really get it in 1941, but it grew on the public thanks to numerous re-releases.)
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Ah, I see what he did there. I think it probably would've made a lot of money on it's own anyways.
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I'm not sure if it would have - it cost an unbelievable amount for a short subject in 1941, and given that cartoons were basically considered filler in those days, it likely wouldn't have recouped its expenses unless it was part of a feature. I think Walt made the right call.
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"The Band Concert" (1935) [link]
Inspired me to draw and study the classic music since 1986. is my favourite Mickey cartoon. i have the first record in BetaMax of this cartoon. to nice, today the mickey comics is... really boring, and no have the same magic of the old times.
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Fun times he's had in these 20 years. And not only is he in Square Enix cross overs, but getting a Transformers treatment, too!
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Mickey's getting himself an Optimus Prime motif [link]
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Why's it got a little Mickey dressed like Daniel Witwicky?
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I can't decide whether that's the stupidest thing or the coolest thing I ever seen.
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Mickey Mouse sure has changed over the years. Can't believe he's reached 80.
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Quite an evolution chart here. I'd mention a few more "past Mickeys" that would work well here, but as you said you'd be at this all that
Super work adding "Runaway Brain" at the end, BTW!
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I always thought it was one of his best films, especially one made so recently...
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Last item is the Julius-possessed Mickey from "Runaway Brain" which app. suffered by being but 7 minutes long ! It should have been 70 minutes or, at least 30, long !These 1-reel shorts don't allow much plot development.
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I thought that was a video game
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Aye, after learning how admittedly bland Mickey was in his theatrical days, it's really cool to see Disney give him some more development to his character, even up to "House Of Mouse" . Though this short will truly stand out from the rest of his run.
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This is great, though one's missing. the very first version of Mickey from "Plane Crazy".
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oh. please tell your Toon Zone buddy I said happy belated Birthday.
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Very cool! 
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