Mickey All-Stars

by Mike Peraza, Marco Rota, Nicolas Kéramidas, Giorgio Cavazzano

Overview

In this once-in-a-lifetime storytelling achievement, more than 40 acclaimed comics creators from around the world celebrate Mickey's wildest adventure!

Star artists from around the globe each draw a chapter of Mickey's wildest adventure — from Giorgio Cavazzano (Disney Masters) to Mike Peraza (Mickey's Christmas Carol) to Marco Rota, plus dozens more! While celebrating his birthday at a carnival, Mickey crosses the threshold of a fortune-teller's mystic portal and finds himself flung headlong into an amazing journey. He encounters one phantasmagorical dimension after another — a fractured fairy tale kingdom, a cubist realm, and outer space — with plenty of dragons, mummies, and giant mouse-eating plants along the way. (Not to mention alternate versions of Goofy, Peg Leg Pete, and the Phantom Blot!) Can Mickey get back? How deep does this rabbit hole — er, mouse hole — go?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683963691
Publisher:	Fantagraphics Books
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Series:	Disney Originals
Pages:	56
Sales rank:	416,739
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 12.30(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Mike Peraza is an art director, layout artist, conceptual artist and an animation historian. He has worked for Walt Disney Company, Fox Features, and Warner Brothers.

Marco Rota is a celebrated comics artist who served as editor-in-chief for Disney’s Italian office from 1974 to 1988. Rota’s first Disney art was created for the publisher Mondadori in 1971. He is acclaimed for his highly detailed Scrooge McDuck adventures “The Money Ocean” and “Night of the Saracen,” as well as his many tales of Donald’s medieval ancestor Andold Wild Duck.

Nicolas Kéramidas studied animation at the Gobelins School of Images, then went on to nine years of animation work at Disney’s Montreuil studio. More recently, Kéramidas was the artist for Luuna, which won the Youth Prize at the 2004 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Giorgio Cavazzano is an Italian cartoonist and one of the most famous Disney comics artists in the world. He is recognized for bringing his outrageous energy, emotive characters, and wild “techno” style defining the modern expressive Italian style of Disney comics.

Editorial Reviews

"Frantic, frenzied fun for one and all. Everything you could dream of and so much more…"

Comics Review

11/20/2020

More than 40 internationally acclaimed creators celebrate Mickey Mouse in this charming tribute to the iconic character, published in French in 2018, and finally available in English A frame story involving Mickey passing through a series of mystical portals allows each creator a single page to share their interpretation of the character, resulting in an eclectic mix of styles, tones, and settings. Some pages find Mickey traveling through outer space or visiting the distant past, others see him doing battle with enemies such as the Phantom Blot or enjoying a picnic with his paramour, Minnie. Many of the artists offer playfully experimental layouts and page design—German cartoonist Flix shows Mickey dropping from one tier of panels to the one below as he maneuvers a haunted house; Italy's Marco Rota designs his page to simulate the movement of a Ferris wheel as Mickey and Minnie enjoy a ride. Elsewhere, Éric Hérenguel evokes a nostalgic glow by rendering Mickey in a style reminiscent of his classic cartoon appearances, providing a thrilling contrast to Antonio Lapone's cubism-inspired exploration of Mickey's basic design and a simplified, surreal offering from Ulf K. VERDICT A total delight with high appeal for children and adult readers alike.—Tom Batten, Grafton, VA

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