In Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Vol. 2: Trapped on Treasure Island, the classic 1930s newspaper strip Mickey Mouse is back for another round of thrills, chills, and epic journeys as cartoonist Floyd Gottfredson takes the titular character from the depths of teeming jungles to the halls of spooky Blaggard Castle. Mickey fights with pirates on desolate Treasure Island; he quests with Goofy to catch ruthless counterfeiters; and battles to save windy Horace Horsecollar from mad scientists, a robbery frame-up ― and himself! Mickey’s classic Disney bad guys are here too: archenemy Pegleg Pete is joined by the mysterious “Bill Shakespeare” and hypnosis-happy Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex!
Hired as a short-term replacement on the fledgling Mickey Mouse daily strip in 1930, Floyd Gottfredson (1905–1986) went on to draw the feature for the next 45 years. He created the most famous Mickey tales ever told in print. He is a Disney Legend and was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2006.
David Gerstein is a comic book writer/editor and animation historian specializing in the Disney Standard Characters. His books include Mickey and the Gang: Classic Stories in Verse and Walt Disney Treasures―Disney Comics: 70 Years of Innovation. He lives in New York City, NY.
Gary Groth is the co-founder of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle.
