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<P> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hey Ole,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I was recently asked about the origin of this funny old artwork: </FONT>
<BR><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://ext.disneycomics.dk/oldstuff.jpg">http://ext.disneycomics.dk/oldstuff.jpg</A></FONT></U><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> , printed in Vienna, supposedly </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sometime in the early 1930-s.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does anyone know anything about this? Or have a clue about who drew it?</FONT>
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<P> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It's definitely not Disney-licensed artwork, that's all I can say... Moving on to the comments from the image's contributor,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> What beats </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> me is who and how anyone knew of all the characters in the early 1930's</FONT>
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<P> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Er... because they were very well-known, even then? The art appears to date from about 1935, when a feature-length Disney short subject revue had just been appearing in German-speaking countries.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> and why not draw them as they had seen them on film</FONT>
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<P> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Looks to me like the artist was trying hard, but perhaps going from memory or from notes taken during a cinema viewing. Mickey's hairy tail is inexcusable.</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Interesting selection of characters, too... that appears to be a Funny Little Bunny (from the 1934 Silly Symphony) and the Flying Mouse at the bottom right. And the cow does not look like a Disney figure, unless perhaps someone confused Clarabelle with Borden dairies' Elsie mascot.</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">David</FONT>
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