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Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.The longtime icon and mascot of the Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red shorts, large shoes, and white gloves.
Ubbe Ert Iwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (/ ˈ ʌ b ˈ aɪ w ɜːr k s / UB EYE-wurks), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios in general, and for having worked on the development of the design of the character of Mickey Mouse, among others.
The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald and Daisy Duck, Pluto and Goofy as the primary members (colloquially known as the "Sensational Six"), and many other characters related to them, being most of them anthropomorphic animals.
Mickey Mouse no longer belongs solely to the Walt Disney Company. On January 1, 2024, an early version of the entertainment company’s mascot, featured in Walt Disney’s 1928 short film ...
"Mickey: The Story of a Mouse" looks back at early Mickey Mouse cartoons that feature controversial imagery.
With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year turns ...
To replace Oswald, Disney and Iwerks developed Mickey Mouse, possibly inspired by a pet mouse that Disney had adopted while working in his Laugh-O-Gram studio, although the origins of the character are unclear. [52] [g] Disney's original choice of name was Mortimer Mouse, but his wife Lillian thought it too pompous, and suggested Mickey instead.
Mickey Mouse (originally known as Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoons) [1] is a series of American animated comedy short films produced by Walt Disney Productions.The series started in 1928 with Steamboat Willie [b] and ended with 2013’s Get a Horse! being the last in the series to date, otherwise taking a hiatus from 1953 to 1983.