talesfromweirdland

Mickey Mouse by Spanish-American artist, Victor Moscoso (who created those psychedelic rock posters I featured recently).

I’ve featured bizarro versions of Mickey Mouse a few times now. Back in the 1970s, under many “underground” comic book artists, Mickey Mouse was regarded as the face of corporate America, a character to be mocked, explored, put in weird, twisted situations. Disney films in general were seen as maudlin, safe, sugary, castrated versions of fairy tales. At the same time, paradoxically, they were revered for what they were: animated Rembrandts. They were the dragon to slay. It seems that your position on Disney defined your position as an artist.