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Oops. I forgot today’s blog post.
So, yeah, Pete the Pup (not to be confused with the dog from the Little Rascals) was a silent era cartoon character from Bray Productions, created by Walter Lantz – later of Woody Woodpecker fame. Most of Pete’s shorts involved Pete and a live action man, with Pete causing mischief.
As for why Pete’s in this comic? Mickey needs friends, and most of his Disney pals are off limits for the next two years at leasat. Plus, I don’t wanna feel beholden to the established continuity and relationahips. That’s one thing I always hated when comic book companies rebooted their lines. If DC reboots again, you know Batman’s relationships are going to be the same, his personality is going to be the same, his history is going to be the exact same. To me, this is a chance to try something different. I don’t want to change Mickey’s personality too much (aside from dropping the animal abuse with the parrot). But I don’t want to retell all of Mickey’s comic stories from Floyd Gottfredson. They’re amazing comic but they’ve already been done.
Also, a fun connection – after Disney lost control of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and he and Iwerks went off to create Mickey, Walter Lantz found himself working on Oswald’s cartoons.
Speaking of Pete and other Lantz projects, a bit back there was a kickstarter for a re-release of a lot of his lesser known cartoons, cleaning them up and all that.
A friend involved in the project said it’s chugging along well and described it as 2/3rds done. If you want to learn more, you can go here. I’m looking forward to it being available to those of us who didn’t get to back it.
Okay, that’s all for today. I might post some art updates over the weekend, but the next strip is Monday. I’m trying to figure out if I want to keep going five days a week or not. -R.
