Floyd Norman Talks About Mickey Mouse Comic Strip Days

[Chris Hilbig]

Thanks Derek! I always wondered how the MM strip died. This is a shame 
because most comic strips being published today (Maybe comics strips 
elsewhere are a hella lot more interesting) are at best, mediocre. Of 
course King Features and other syndicates have dictated this 
mediocrity, which leaves us readers to suffer or abandon ship. I 
remember reading an interview with Frank Cho (Sketch Magazine #12) and 
he mentions how overly sensitive and annoying  the editors from his 
syndicate were. In fact, he mentions a few times where the editors 
would make changes behind his back. This motivated Cho to end Liberty 
Meadow's run as a comic strip and make the transition to the comic book 
format over at Image Comics.

But I'll give Floyd Norman his due, he writes a great article and 
should be hired on as head of Disney's animation department, or better 
yet the CEO of Disney. (My humble opinion. :P) He seems to more then 
know his stuff and has the experience to back it up.  I'd love to check 
out reprints of his work on the Mouse strips. It'd be interesting to 
see his take on Mickey. (outside a gag-a-day strip.)

Chris