tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post3880007833710682528..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Will Be Ours (Except On Sunday)Jaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-50891662924219554672010-07-25T06:41:39.586-04:002010-07-25T06:41:39.586-04:00While I would by no means place it in the same cla...While I would by no means place it in the same class with Barks' Duck and Gottfredson's Mouse work, something of a case could be made for the long-running DC series based on Columbia's The Fox and the Crow cartoons in terms of a comic-book adaptation better developing and more cleverly dramatizing the characters, basic situation and conflicts than most of the theatrical shorts ever did. [I exempt the initial short in the series, Tashlin's terrific THE FOX AND THE GRAPES, from this assessment.] The shorts, mostly directed by Dave Wickersham, aren't bad (and the three final shorts, helmed by John Hubley at UPA, are quite stylish), but the comic-book stories are simply very funny and sharply scripted. The comics outlasted the shorts for good reason; kids really liked them.Griffnoreply@blogger.com