<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1255">
<META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><EM>Olaf Solstrand wrote:</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><EM>>>Is 2005 the 75th anniversary for the
publication of the very, very<BR> first Disney Comic?<BR></EM><FONT
size=2> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The first disney comic was written by Walt
himself and drawn by Ub Iwerks. It consisted of newspaper
strips distributed by King Features beginning January
13.1930.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The first disney magazine was published later
that year by Bibo and Lang Co.and called "Mickey Mouse Book". It comprised
15 pages of games, song verses, illustrations, and some reprinted newspaper
strips.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>In 1931, the first disney comic book was
published by David McKay Co. and called "Mickey Mouse Comic No. 1". It consisted
of 52 pages of which nearly all were reprinted newspaper strips. During the next
3 years. Nos. 2,3,and 4 were
published. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>In January 1933, Kay Kamen began publication
of the "Mickey Mouse Magazine" which continued on monthly until October
1940 when the name was changed to the present "Walt Disney Comics and
Stories". The Mickey Mouse Magazine evolved through several formats. At first
the comics included were mostly one panel black and white illustrations,
and none of the newspaper strips were reprinted. However, the last of these
magazines,Sept. 1940 comprised almost all color reprinted newspaper strips
as did the first WDC&S. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Marvin
Winitz </FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>