ORIGINAL TITLE: RACIST MICKEY MOUSE COMIC, PUBLISHED WITH DISNEY APPROVAL
TYPE: Book
COMPONENTS: 200pp. 8vo. book; first story 6pp, plus framed pages removed from another authentic copy of the same book, with the cover, the six pages of cartoons, title page, and brass descriptive plaque all set behind a red and black mats along with a photo of Walt Disney.
CONDITION: book's spine repaired with clear tape, covers' edges are worn and bumped, else very good. Framed pages are fine.
LANGUAGE
English
ITEM ID: 3576

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Mickey Mouse Annual with Racist Comics

DATE
Year: 1932
Decade: 1930s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)

A pair of items presenting a Mickey and Minnie Mouse comic filled with caricatures of black natives and racial epithets. The strip appeared in the 1932 Mickey Mouse Annual, a compilation of cartoon strips published by Dean and Son, London with Walt Disney’s approval. The first story is titled: “A Black Outlook” and in twelve panels it shows the pair of famous mice fishing on the island of “Washelidoo” with Minnie suggesting: “Let’s eat the worm, Mickey.” Minnie is kidnapped by a native, awfully caricatured, the text explaining: “Niggers, or Minnie, could nowhere be found…” Minnie is dragged off as she: “Wondered how long these fierce niggers would chew her…” The text continues, including more epithets and caricatures, as the natives are knocked-out by Mickey and the pair return to London in the beak of a pelican. Accompanied by an elaborate framed presentation of the same offensive pages removed from another authentic copy of the same 1932 annual, a sarcastic framed presentation with the cover, the six pages of cartoons, title page, and brass descriptive plaque all set behind a red and black mats along with a photo of Walt Disney. Many claim that Disney was an anti-Semite and racist, citing the inclusion of the crows in “Dumbo” and the Uncle Tom-like character in “Song of the South”. He also forbade the employment of blacks at Disneyland and in the Mousketeers, fearing they would negatively affect his image.

ARTISTS
Name: Dean & Son
Type: Publisher