Andrew Sullivan's always-entertaining mostly-political blog The Daily Dish has showcased an ongoing "Bugs or Mickey Debate," attempting to tease out why it is that Bugs Bunny, arguably a more interesting character, is so much less popular than the iconic Mickey Mouse (latest installment here). If the debate is still ongoing next month, I wonder if our release of the first volume of Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse strips, which feature a far feistier and more adventuresome Mickey than the wide public is used to, will re-orient the debate. (Even those who don't buy the book will get a glimpse of this Mickey in our Free Comic Book Day release, which also spotlights Mickey.) Of course, the debaters so far seem also to be ignorant of the (more widely available) earliest Mickey animated cartoons, in which Mickey was also far more of an anarchic spirit.
