A Blast From The Past...

[Gerstein, David DK - ECN]

	Hey Rich,

>I'm curious to learn about Ruffhouse Rat.  I know how you've revitalized
>Butch, and am familiar enough with Mortimer, but I know very little about
>Ruffhouse.  Was Ruffhouse ever revived?  How often is he used?  Would he be
>considered a recurring member of Mickey's supporting cast?  A regular
>member of Mouseton?  How is he related to Minnie and how was he originally
>portrayed by Gottfredson (if it was Gottfredson who created him)?

	Ruffhouse, created by Gottfredson, is Minnie's lazy cousin, who
claims to be a great athlete but is really all swagger and very little
talent. He's about the same age as Mickey and Minnie.
	You've caught me at an embarrassing moment, Rich. True, I've used a
lot of Gottfredson characters in my Egmont stories since 1993. I've also
edited the Mickey work of Lars Jensen, Sarah Kinney, Don Markstein, Stefan
Petrucha, and Dave Rawson, in which more Gottfredson characters regularly
appear.
	But despite my now-ancient vow to revive Ruffhouse, I've actually
never done it, nor has any other recent creator I'm aware of. So he's not a
recurring member of the cast.
	Yet, anyway.

	At least we've done a few of those stories with Mortimer (or, as we
call him at Egmont, Montmorency) as Mickey's Gladstone-like foil. I've
written a couple; Sarah Kinney and Don Markstein have also used the
character.

	David