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And the actual creator of Mickey is also long dead... Walt Disney was given a crash-course by his artists so that he could draw a passable Mickey face when kid

And the actual creator of Mickey is also long dead... Walt Disney was given a crash-course by his artists so that he could draw a passable Mickey face when kids met him and asked him to do so.

michaelbuddy 12y ago
I'd be interested in the source for this. I can see Walt having to relearn the newer Mickey style, kids only know the movies from the past 5 years anyway, but I'm pretty sure he drew the original ones. There's a lot of evidence for Ub Iwerks's really making the Disney empire's early important innovations happen in terms of animation but it wasn't like Walt was talentless at drawing.