Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse
#9 - Rise of the Rhyming Man
(2016)
Fantagraphics,
2011 Series
- Volume
- 9
- Price
- 34.99 USD
- Pages
- 296
- On-sale Date
- 2016-06-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books Inc.
- Brand
-
FB
- ISBN
-
978-1-60699-931-8
- Barcode
- 9781606999318 53499
- Editing
- David Gerstein (editor); Gary Groth (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
from Omaggio Abbonati (Mondadori, 1966 ? series) #1971 - from Albi della Rosa (Mondadori, 1954 series) #8, #17
-
from Mickey Magazine (Editions du Pont-Levis, 1950 series) #26 -
from Le Journal de Mickey (Hachette, 1952 series) #1373 - from I grandi classici Disney (Disney Italia, 1988 series) #233
-
from Micky Maus (Egmont Ehapa, 1951 series) #1/1951 (1951) -
from Mickey Maandblad (Oberon, 1976 series) #6/1976 (1976), #7/1976 (1976), #3/1977
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enjoy your stupid yankee trait
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Eega Beeva; The Rhyming Man
Indexer Notes
Small illustration on first page after hard cover.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- David Gerstein (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pgoodness pgracious!
Indexer Notes
Foreword.
Of Mouse & Man: Floyd Gottfredson and the Mickey Mouse Continuities: 1946-1948 The Cold War Noir
text article / 6 pages
- Script
- Thomas Andrae (credited)
- Pencils
- Floyd Gottfredson (Spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Floyd Gottfredson (Spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
The Shorts Story
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jonathan H. Gray
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Discussing the short stories.
[Goofy's Boat Race]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-07-29 - 1946-08-10
[The Goofy Crooner]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-08-12 - 1946-08-24
[Eviction]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Mickey's new landlord; Minnie Mouse (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-08-26 - 1946-09-07
[Goofy's Rocket]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-09-09 - 1946-09-21
[Mickey's Menagerie]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Claudius Codicil (lawyer); Minnie Mouse; Board of Health man
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-09-23 - 1946-10-05
[The Cure for Hiccups]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; Horace Horsecollar (cameo); Morty (cameo); Minnie Mouse
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-10-07 - 1946-10-19
[Thanksgiving Dinner]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty; a turkey; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-10-21 - 1946-11-02
[The Search for Geeko]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Horace Horsecollar; "Nails" Karey; "Scars" Nelson; "Toitelneck" Brown
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-11-04 - 1946-11-16
[The Talking Dog]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Gabby (a talking dog); Goofy; Pluto
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-11-18 - 1946-11-30
[Arctic Adventure]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-12-2 - 1946-12-14
[Morty's Escapade]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Morty; Mickey Mouse; Pluto
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-12-16 - 1946-12-28
[The Fiendish Cat]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; a rough alley cat
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1946-12-30 - 1947-01-11
[Truant Officer Mickey]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Horace Horsecollar (cameo); Morty; "Bad Boy" Jervis
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-01-13 - 1947-01-25
[Goofy's Inheritance]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Stupato (Goofy's valet); Meadows (Goofy's manservant)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-01-27 - 1947-02-08
[Mickey the Icky]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse; Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Allie Staw (bandleader); Lillian Lovey (concert pianist)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-02-10 - 1947-02-22
[Pluto's Amnesia]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pluto; Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-02-24 - 1947-03-08
[Pegleg Pete Reforms]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Pegleg Pete; Dream-Barge (Pegleg Pete's wife); Junior (Pegleg Pete's kid)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-03-10 - 1947-03-22
[Home Movies]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-03-24 - 1947-04-05
[Shutterbug Mickey]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-04-07 - 1947-04-19
[The Boxer]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Nosedive Nelson; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-04-21 - 1947-05-03
[Mickey's Strange Flower]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Minnie Mouse; Mickey Mouse; Goofy; a Goofus flower
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-05-05 - 1947-05-17
[The Midget Racer]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty (cameo); Goofy; Minnie Mouse;
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-05-19 - 1947-05-31
[Mickey's Pet Shop]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Clarabelle Cow; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-06-2 - 1947-06-14
[Mickey's Helicopter]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty; Goofy (cameo); Minnie Mouse (cameo); Horace Horsecollar (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-06-16 - 1947-06-28
[Pluto's Trial]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Harry the Hatchet; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-06-30 - 1947-07-12
[The Spook Specialist]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Prof. Murk; Mr. Fox; Morty (cameo); Minnie Mouse; Clarabelle Cow (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-07-14 - 1947-07-26
[Mickey Writes the Songs]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Horace Horsecollar (cameo); Goofy; a music publisher
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-07-28 - 1947-08-09
[Horace's Nerves]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Horace Horcecollar; Minnie Mouse (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-08-11 - 1947-08-23
[The Skyscraper Adventure]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-08-25 - 1947-09-06
[The Foundling]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Casper (a kidnapped baby boy); Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Pluto
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-09-08 - 1947-09-20
Pbetter Late Than Never
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Torcivia
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Discussing the story The Man of Tomorrow.
[The Man of Tomorrow]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 28 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy; Eega Beeva; Minnie Mouse (cameo); Professor Claude Schlung; Orville (professor); Pluto (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-09-22 - 1947-12-27
Mickey Makes a Killing and Pflip the Thnuckle-Booh
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Goofy; Mickey Mouse
Indexer Notes
Title page.
Temptation and Vindication
text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Discussing the stories Mickey Makes a Killing and Pflip the Thnuckle-Booh.
[Mickey Makes a Killing]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Eega Beeva; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Goofy; Pluto (cameo); Pflip; Morty
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1947-12-29 - 1948-02-07
[Pflip the Thnuckle-Booh]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Pflip; Eega Beeva; Pluto (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1948-02-09 - 1948-02-28
[The Santa Claus Bandit and The Kumquat Question]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Characters
- Eega Beeva
Indexer Notes
Title page.
Abnormal Psychology
text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Discussing the stories The Santa Claus Bandit and The Kumquat Question.
[The Santa Claus Bandit]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Eega Beeva; Minnie Mouse (cameo); Morty (cameo); Chief O'Hara; Dagmar (bloodhound)
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1948-03-01 - 1948-04-03
[The Kumquat Question]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 7.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Eega Beeva; Clarabelle Cow (cameo); Morty; Minnie Mouse; Goofy
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1948-04-05 - 1948-04-29
[no title indexed]
comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Manuel Gonzales (Mickey, Minnie and Pluto); Al Taliaferro (Donald and Daisy Duck); Floyd Gottfredson (Goofy)
- Inks
- Manuel Gonzales (Mickey, Minnie and Pluto); Al Taliaferro (Donald and Daisy Duck); Floyd Gottfredson (Goofy)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Louella, we'd like to be your first exclusive!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Donald Duck; Daisy Duck; Goofy
Indexer Notes
Comic strip celebrating the 27th work anniversary of International News Service motion picture editor Louella Parsons.
Rhyme and Reason
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Thad Komorowski
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Discussing the story The Atombrella and the Rhyming Man.
[The Atombrella and the Rhyming Man]
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 46.67 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Eega Beeva; Mickey Mouse; Pluto; Goofy; an unnamed, educated gorilla; Dr. Koppenhooper (11 years old); Mrs. Koppenhooper; The Rhyming Man; Myrtle; "Tricks"
- Reprints
- from Mickey Mouse dailies (King Features) 1948-04-30 - 1948-10-09
[no title indexed]
illustration / 0.33 page
- Characters
- Eega Beeva
Indexer Notes
Naval insignia, drawn in August 1948 for the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Medium Seaplane Squadron 7.
Mickey Mouse and the World to Come
Mickey Mouse / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Casty (credited as Andrea "Casty" Castellan)
- Inks
- Casty (credited as Andrea "Casty" Castellan)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
- Characters
- The Rhyming Man; Eega Beeva; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse
- Reprints
-
from Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #703 [Cover A] (January 2010)
-
Behind the Scenes: The Talking Dog
text article / 3 pages
- Script
- David Gerstein
- Pencils
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Pluto; Mickey Mouse (cameo); Pegleg Pete
Indexer Notes
Storyboard drawings for unpublished Disney cartoon "Talking Dog", shelved in 1951.
Io Eta Beta
cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.3 page
- Characters
- Eega Beeva
Indexer Notes
Reproduction of cover for Italian publication "Io Eta Beta" (Mondadori, 1991). Illustrating text article The Cast: Eega.
Behind the Scenes: To Ink… or not to Ink
text article / 0.3 page
- Script
- David Gerstein
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1.7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a silly way to earn a living!
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Goofy
Indexer Notes
Reproductions of pencil art for Mickey Mouse dailies 1947-03-24 and 1947-03-26 - 1947-03-29. Illustrating text article Behind the Scenes: To Ink… or not to Ink.
Gottfredson's World: The Covers of Tomorrow
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- David Gerstein
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Includes reproductions of eight Italian, Dutch, Belgian and French publications reprinting stories from this collection.
The Comics Dept. at Work: Adventures at Advent
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Morty
Indexer Notes
Includes reproduction of cover and eight comic frames from publication Mickey Mouse Shows Morty Why He Should Fill His Advent Mite Box (1948).
The Heirs of Gottfredson: Romano Scarpa
text article / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Includes photo of Scarpa, as well as reproductions of two comic book pages.
Lost in the Microcosmos
Mickey Mouse / comic story / 16.5 pages
- Script
- Romano Scarpa; David Gerstein (Translation); Jonathan H. Gray (Translation)
- Pencils
- Romano Scarpa
- Inks
- Romano Scarpa
- Colors
- Erik Rosengarten (credited as E.L. Rosengarten); Flávio Bezerra
- Letters
- David Gerstein; Deron Bennett
- Genre
- drama; humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Eega Beeva; Black Pete; Dr. Dustibones; Mickey Mouse; Minnie Mouse; Pluto; Chief O'Hara
- Reprints
- from Topolino (Mondadori, 1949 series) #167 (25 luglio 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Two original pages reproduced on each page.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Mickey Mouse; Eega Beeva; Black Pete
- Reprints
- from I grandi classici Disney (Disney Italia, 1988 series) #233
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You must never be too literal. Not in cartoons.
Indexer Notes
Includes reproduction of front cover and first page of Mickey Mouse story from Micky Maus (Egmont Ehapa, 1951 series) #1/1951.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["Enjoy your stupid yankee trait"]
-
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
["Pgoodness pgracious!"]
-
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
Of Mouse & Man: Floyd Gottfredson and the Mickey Mouse Continuities: 1946-1948 The Cold War Noir
-
7.
Short Stories
-
8.
The Shorts Story
-
9.
[Goofy's Boat Race]
Mickey Mouse -
10.
[The Goofy Crooner]
Mickey Mouse -
11.
[Eviction]
Mickey Mouse -
12.
[Goofy's Rocket]
Mickey Mouse -
13.
[Mickey's Menagerie]
Mickey Mouse -
14.
[The Cure for Hiccups]
Mickey Mouse -
15.
[Thanksgiving Dinner]
Mickey Mouse -
16.
[The Search for Geeko]
Mickey Mouse -
17.
[The Talking Dog]
Mickey Mouse -
18.
[Arctic Adventure]
Mickey Mouse -
19.
[Morty's Escapade]
Mickey Mouse -
20.
[The Fiendish Cat]
Mickey Mouse -
21.
[Truant Officer Mickey]
Mickey Mouse -
22.
[Goofy's Inheritance]
Mickey Mouse -
23.
[Mickey the Icky]
Mickey Mouse -
24.
[Pluto's Amnesia]
Mickey Mouse -
25.
[Pegleg Pete Reforms]
Mickey Mouse -
26.
[Home Movies]
Mickey Mouse -
27.
[Shutterbug Mickey]
Mickey Mouse -
28.
[The Boxer]
Mickey Mouse -
29.
[Mickey's Strange Flower]
Mickey Mouse -
30.
[The Midget Racer]
Mickey Mouse -
31.
[Mickey's Pet Shop]
Mickey Mouse -
32.
[Mickey's Helicopter]
Mickey Mouse -
33.
[Pluto's Trial]
Mickey Mouse -
34.
[The Spook Specialist]
Mickey Mouse -
35.
[Mickey Writes the Songs]
Mickey Mouse -
36.
[Horace's Nerves]
Mickey Mouse -
37.
[The Skyscraper Adventure]
Mickey Mouse -
38.
[The Foundling]
Mickey Mouse -
39.
The Man of Tomorrow
-
40.
Pbetter Late Than Never
-
41.
[The Man of Tomorrow]
Mickey Mouse -
42.
Mickey Makes a Killing and Pflip the Thnuckle-Booh
-
43.
Temptation and Vindication
-
44.
[Mickey Makes a Killing]
Mickey Mouse -
45.
[Pflip the Thnuckle-Booh]
Mickey Mouse -
46.
[The Santa Claus Bandit and The Kumquat Question]
-
47.
Abnormal Psychology
-
48.
[The Santa Claus Bandit]
Mickey Mouse -
49.
[The Kumquat Question]
Mickey Mouse -
50.
["Dear Louella, we'd like to be your first exclusive!"]
-
51.
[The Atombrella and the Rhyming Man]
-
52.
Rhyme and Reason
-
53.
[The Atombrella and the Rhyming Man]
Mickey Mouse -
54.
[no title indexed]
-
55.
Mickey Mouse and the World to Come
Mickey Mouse -
56.
Essays and Special Features
-
57.
Behind the Scenes: The Talking Dog
-
58.
The Cast: Eega
-
59.
Io Eta Beta
-
60.
Behind the Scenes: To Ink… or not to Ink
-
61.
["What a silly way to earn a living!"]
-
62.
Gottfredson's World: The Covers of Tomorrow
-
63.
The Comics Dept. at Work: Adventures at Advent
-
64.
The Heirs of Gottfredson: Romano Scarpa
-
65.
Lost in the Microcosmos
Mickey Mouse -
66.
[no title indexed]
-
67.
["You must never be too literal. Not in cartoons."]
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68.
["Best wishes to Stenographic + Communications Dept."]
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69.
About the Editors
This issue was modified by
- Katie
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Steven Samuels
- Claus Simonsen
- Jim Stangas
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