Rick Griffin: Mickey Mouse Wants You

Rick Griffin takes James Montgomery Flagg's iconic World War I "I Want You" poster and has some fun with it for Walt Disney. Later Alton Kelley frames the preliminary drawing.

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You
Frame by Alton Kelley

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You

Frame by Alton Kelley 

Bonhams Los Angeles, June 14, 2009

Unsold

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Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You

Note:  The original Flagg poster is in yesterday's post here.

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Minnie Liberty

Back in 2005, five and a half years before I started this blog, I snapped a few pictures in the Disney Store and enthusiastically posted them on flickr. As it turns out, I did not keep posting on this site for long, but I did show an early (for me) interest in using the Internet to share with the world some of what I happened upon. Now, as Independence Day approaches, I am delighted to be able to recycle these pictures on a site I can call my own. Well, mine and Google's.

Minnie Mouse as the Statue of Liberty
The Disney Store, Fifth Avenue, New York City
December 18, 2005

Torch and Plush Versions of Minnie Mouse as the Statue of Liberty
The Disney Store, Fifth Avenue, New York City
December 18, 2005

More Merchandise Featuring Minnie Mouse as the Statue of Liberty
The Disney Store, Fifth Avenue, New York City
December 18, 2005

Minnie Mouse as the Statue of Liberty
The Disney Store, Fifth Avenue, New York City
December 18, 2005

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Summer for Mickey Mouse and Friends

Have a great summer. This is how Mickey Mouse Magazine welcomed in the summer with its very first quarterly issue in 1935.

Oh, and for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, have a great winter!

Mickey Mouse Magazine, Vol. 1, #1, Summer 1935

 http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/mickey-mouse-magazine

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