Who actually created Mickey?
Posted: Jan Tue 04, 2011 8:05 am
I am in the middle of reading The Hand Behind the Mouse : An Intimate Biography of Ub Iwerks and it goes into detail about the creation of Mickey. In the book it describes Walt telling Ub to start penning new characters, and Ub creates Mickey. This was after they were swindled out of the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. From what I recall, there appears to be conflicting information. In Walt Disney: An American Orginal they describe Walt designing Mickey on a train back from New York.
Does anyone know which is correct? Or if I am remembering incorrectly from the Disney book?
Does anyone know which is correct? Or if I am remembering incorrectly from the Disney book?