Character of the Month for July: Mickey Mouse

This year we want to put a different character in the spotlight every month. Mickey Mouse has been chosen as the first character of the month in July! In addition to the fact that we have a 10% discount on the complete Mickey Mouse collection, we also want to tell you more about the magical mouse itself.

November 18, 1928 Mickey Mouse appeared on the silver screen for the first time with the famous film 'Steamboat Willie', which was a breakthrough for the animation world because the film included fully synchronized sound. Mickey Mouse was immediately well received by the general public.

Thanks to its success, Walt Disney was able to produce two more films in a short period of time. This ensured that Disney was able to make a profit with its own production for the first time. For the first few years, Walt Disney himself recorded the voice of Mickey Mouse.

Ub Iwerks

A permanent employee of Disney who we should certainly not forget, this hard worker was the first artist to put Mickey Mouse on paper and is therefore partly responsible for inventing Mickey Mouse. Ub Iwerks was a hard worker in the early days of Disney, he drew all the cartoons, which meant he made up to 700 drawings a day.

The development and fame of Mickey

Mickey Mouse started out in a black and white cartoon, of course this changed over the years. But Mickey's appearance has also changed over time. For example, Mickey had a much pointed snout in the beginning and his eyes and posture have changed over the years.

Mickey gained more and more fans over the years and not just because of all the great films, in 1930 an entrepreneur offered Disney €300 to print pens with Mickey. This was the beginning of merchandising, nowadays you can find Mickey on the craziest things! This flow of money allowed Disney to invest more in developing new characters and films.

As Walt later said in a famous interview: "It all started with a mouse".

Comics and newspapers

In addition to the films, our beloved mouse soon also appeared in newspapers, so Disney produced small comics for various newspapers around the world. Mickey also got his own comic book that was published monthly.

Mickey Worldwide

Perhaps the best Mickey Mouse fact of all Mickey has various names all over the world. The original name is Mickey Mouse.

Norway: Mikke Mus

Finland: Mikki Hiiri

Denmark: Mikkel Mus

Germany: Micky Maus

Indonesia: Miki Tikus

Italy: Topolino

Turkey: Mike Fare

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