The young boy had to stay at home, where he picked up drawing. It took nine operations to repair the damaged limb. At age eleven, Floyd accidentally shot himself in the arm while playing with a gun. As a youngster, he was interested in comics like George Herriman's 'Krazy Kat', Billy DeBeck's 'Barney Google' and Walter Hoban's 'Jerry on the Job', and he later enjoyed reading boys' adventure books by Horatio Alger and detective stories. He was the first and one of the few in this often despised genre to gain credit for quality writing and drawing.īorn in 1905 in a railway station in Kaysville, Utah, Arthur Floyd Gottfredson grew up in the small town of Siggud, 180 miles south of Salt Lake City. The man also proved that spin-off comics of a popular audiovisual media franchise could be more than just uninspired pulp. He had a profound effect on numerous humorous comic artists, particularly in the "funny animals" genre. But Gottfredson's importance in the history of comics goes beyond Disney. Together with Carl Barks he remains the most influential and revered Disney comic artist. He set the standard which all of their artists and writers still need to follow. As such, he paved the way for the entire Disney comics concern. He was both a master in creating gags as well as longer adventure stories. Gottfredson combined his drawing skills with a talent for storytelling. He developed the iconic mouse into a fully fledged comic character and created several side characters still used in Disney comics today, such as Chief O'Hara, Eega Beeva and the Phantom Blot. Gottfredson, however, was their most notable successor who would draw 'Mickey' comics for more than 45 years. The first 'Mickey' newspaper comic (1930) was scripted by Walt Disney and drawn by Ub Iwerks themselves, but they only did this for a few weeks before they got too busy with other projects. 'Mickey Mouse '(16 February 1946) - © Disney.įloyd Gottfredson is best known as the most legendary 'Mickey Mouse' comic artist, though not the first, as is often incorrectly said.
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