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Floyd Gottfredson
Birth name Arthur Floyd Gottfredson
Born May 5, 1905
Kaysville, Utah, United States
Died July 22, 1986 (age 81)
Nationality American
Area(s) artist, writer

Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905—July 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden &ndash Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist He has probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics. Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who Two decades after his death, his memory was honored with the Disney Legends citation in 2003 and induction into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006. Established in 1987, the Disney Legends program recognizes men and women who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner

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Biography

Early life and career

Gottfredson was born into a large Mormon family in Kaysville, Utah. TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden &ndash Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical The three brothers and four sisters traced their roots to their great-grandfather who had immigrated to the United States from Denmark in the 1840s. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. As a child, Floyd severely injured his arm in a hunting accident. Hunting is the practice of pursuing Animals for Food, Recreation, or Trade. Housebound during a long recovery, he became interested in cartooning and took several cartooning correspondence courses. Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the Pedagogy and Andragogy, technology and instructional systems design By the late 1920s, he was drawing cartoons for trade magazines and the Salt Lake City Telegram newspaper. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint.

After achieving second place in a 1928 cartoon contest, the 23-year-old Gottfredson moved to Southern California with his wife and family, just before Christmas. Southern California, or So Cal, is defined as the southern portion of the U At the time, there were seven major newspapers in the area, but he was unable to find work with any. One job he'd held in Utah, however, was as a movie projectionist and he found employment in that field in California. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. A Projectionist is a person whose profession entails the operating of a Movie projector. A year later, the movie theater where he'd been working was torn down, resulting in another job search and the profession of a lifetime. Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue

Mickey Mouse

Walt Disney Productions hired Gottfredson as an apprentice animator and in-betweener on December 19, 1929. An animator is an Artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called Animation when rapidly displayed Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In April 1930 he started working on the four-month-old Mickey Mouse comic strip. It had originally been scripted by Walt Disney and drawn by Ub Iwerks who was succeeded by Win Smith. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Ub Iwerks, ASC ( Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) ( 24 March 1901 &ndash 7 July 1971) was a two-time Academy Award winning Winthrop H Smith Jr is the former Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co In May, Disney had Gottfredson assigned to the daily strip, promising it would be only a temporary arrangement until someone else could be found to take over. As it turned out, Gottfredson continued to produce the Mickey Mouse strips for the next 45 years.

Gottfredson's first daily strip was published in newspapers on his 25th birthday, May 5, 1930. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On January 17, 1932 he began work on the newly inaugurated Mickey Mouse color Sunday strip which, in addition to the daily, he continued through mid-1938. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Originally, Gottfredson drew the strips alone, but in 1934 he pulled back to plotting the stories and doing the penciling. A penciller (or penciler) is one of a number of types of Artists working within the Comic book industry Scripts were written by Ted Osborne (1934-49), Merrill De Maris (1934-42), Dick Shaw (1942-43), Bill Walsh (1943-64), Roy Williams (1964) and Del Connell (1968-82). Ted Osborne ( February 6, 1900 or 1901&ndash March 12, 1968) was an American writer of comics radio shows and animated films remembered Merrill De Maris is an artist who worked on Disney Comic Strips for King Features Syndicate. Bill Walsh ( September 30, 1913 - January 27, 1975) was a Film producer and Screenwriter who primarily worked on live-action [1] There were a variety of inkers, including Al Taliaferro in the 1930s, until Gottfredson returned to inking the strips himself in 1943. The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional Comic book, or Graphic novel. Charles Alfred Taliaferro ( August 29, 1905 - February 3, 1969) known simply as Al Taliaferro was a Disney comics Artist The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression.

From the beginning, the strips were parts of long continuing stories. These introduced characters such as Eli Squinch; Mickey's nephews, Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse; Detective Casey, Chief O'Hara and the Phantom Blot. Eli Squinch is an evil miser who sometimes teams up with Black Pete in the Mickey Mouse comics Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse are Mickey Mouse 's nephews in the fictional Mickey Mouse universe. Detective Casey is a fictional character in the Mickey Mouse universe. John O'Hara is a character the Chief of Police in the Mickey Mouse universe. The Phantom Blot is a figure from The Walt Disney Company. He is an enemy of Mickey Mouse. The stories were always untitled. Titles were usually assigned later, when the strips or pages were reprinted in picture-books or comic books, which the artists had no influence on. For the sake of a better overview, these reprint titles are commonly used today. Starting in 1955, Gottfredson and writer Bill Walsh were instructed to drop the storylines and do only daily gags.

Gottfredson continued illustrating the daily strip until he retired on October 1, 1975. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. His last one was published on November 15 and his last Sunday strip on September 19, 1976. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Legacy

In the late 1970s and early 80s, before his health deteriorated, Gottfredson gave interviews to many comics-oriented magazines as well as mainstream publications. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The deluxe edition of the book Mickey Mouse in Color included a small record containing an audio interview with Gottfredson and Disney Donald Duck-comic artist Carl Barks. A gramophone Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company. Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 &ndash August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and Comic book creator who

Gottfredson's work had been printed in newspapers, magazines and comic books worldwide for over 50 years, but as a Disney employee, he was never allowed to sign it. Gottfredson's identity was finally revealed in the mid-1960s by fan Malcolm Willits. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Subsequently, reprints of his Mickey Mouse strips in the 1970s gave him credit.

Floyd Gottfredson died at his home in Southern California at the age of 81. In 2006 Gottfredson was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards' Hall of Fame. [2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Comics Strip Project: Credits L-P
  2. ^  Gerstein, David (w), "Introduction" Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse--Free Comic Book Day  (May, 2007)  Gemstone Publishing (inside cover)

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