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The bikini top she wore in Steamboat Willie is still weird to me. Why not give her a shirt?
I should add, I drew a while back and was still getting a feel for the characters. So, I apologize for a weirdly lanky pair of mice.
In the last day, I’ve had a few people ask what I’m planning for this comic. Honestly? I just want to do a fun adventure comic. I am not interested in a hardcore, gritty, dark version of the characters – although I stand by my belief there was a dark tone to most early cartoons. Will there be dark moments? Yes. But I don’t want to do what most people are doing and paint Mickey as a villain or have him go to “extreme” choices for the sake of, “Look, he’s public domain now, I can have Mickey Mouse say and do shocking things.”
Disney Comics were a huge part of my childhood reading. I still enjoy them greatly. So getting to work with, well, only a couple of the charaters is nice. And I want to just tell fun stories. Will there be some darker tones? At times. Some horror? Everything I do tends to at least dip into horror, but I’d want it to be stuff appropriate from the 1920s.
Plus, my kid watches me draw these and she really enjoys it, so I’m not going to draw anything that would upset her. But she’s also a Halloween kid who absolutely loves spooky stuff, so take that how you will. -R.
Oof, bro. I know the feeling.
I think the explanation for Minnie wearing a bra was sort of to evoke a silly tone, like “look everyone is in their underwear!” as everyone was missing articles of clothing (usually their top). Though later on with the short Karnival Kid, it was shown that toplessness and going “al naturale” except shoes and gloves was the norm in their world.