Mousetrapped

"Mousetrapped" is a webcomic that uses the public domain cartoon, "Steamboat Willie," as basis and inspiration. No claims to any active copyrights or trademarks owned by the Walt Disney Company are made. The comic is drawn by Randy Milholland, who also draws the comic Something*Positive and the Sunday strips for Popeye.

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Mousetrapped #22: Don't You You Anything

If this feels truncated... it is. I'd written a four page comic and realized I didn't like where the rest of it went and lopped it off.

Apologies for the quiet. Dealing with a lot.

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Moustrapped #21: Konk

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Mousetrapped #20: Tomorrow

I'm not dead, i just feel like it. And I regret changing the art style for this strip cuz it slowed me down awfully.

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Mousetrapped #19: Generous

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Mousetrapped #18: How Thoughtful.

Sorry for the quiet. I needed yesterday to myself.

Gonna try to make up for it by doing a Saturday comic but no promises

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Mousetrapped #17: Girlie Pictures

I apologize for this being so late. The last couples days have been a bit rough and I'm dealing with stuff.

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Mousetrapped #16: Who Says?

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Mousetrapped #15: Know the Difference

I hope you all are enjoying these. Have a good weekend.

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Mousetrapped #14: Now We Wait

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Mousetrapped #13: Learn the Difference

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Mousetrapped #12: So Easy....

Still having technical issues - and now they've speard to my tumblr domain. This week's not goin' great.

Finally, we meet Dinkly Doodle and Weakheart. Dinky and Weakheart were Walter Lantz creations for Bray Studios, preceeding Pete the Pup by a few years. They followed a rather similar format to Pete's later cartoons, though.

Also, if you're interested in watching some of these old shorts, Tommy José Stathes has you covered.

Here's hoping tomorrow's a better day. Gotta go draw my other comics now. -R.

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Mousetrapped #11: Always Around

Sorry for the delay. I'm having technical issues with my Surface Pro Pen. I am hoping to have a fix that doesn't involve buying a new pen in a day or two, but it's slowed all my work down for the last few days.

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It's not really Mousetrapped related but enjoy some weekend filler art of a little trash wizard.

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Mousetrapped #10: A Dinner Guess

Oh look! A few original characters.

Let's see how long they last.

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Mousetrapped #9: An Unexpected Turn

And thus we come to Julis Cat, one of the two protagonists of Disney's early Alice Comedies. I altered his design a bit, combining the designs of an early cat character who likely was the basis for the character and the final design in the Alice series. Why?

Because later Julius was a Felix the Cat clone.

This wasn't by accident, either. Disney redesigned Julius, apparently under duress from his distributor, Margaret Winkler.

If you get the chance to watch the Alice comedies, Juluus is often unhinged. Honestly, calling him a "protagonist" feels like a stretch. He's a complete jerk.

Also appearing in this comic, Little Red Henski - the "villain" of the cartoon, "Alice's Egg Plant." In that cartoon, Alice and Julius run an egg farm (where Julius enjoys cracking a whip at the hens). Little Red Henski is an evil commie who shows up and commits the evil act of... telling the hends they deserve better treatment and unionizing.

Walt put his anti-union stuff out there early. -R.

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Mousetrapped #8: Promise Me

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Mousetrapped #7: Morality For Rent

Hey, apparently queuing comics work better if you (checks notes) remember to upload the comic.