#mouse maxxing

[skullsemi]

Thanks to many thoughts, I ended up drawing again about that one concept idea of mine with baby Max and tired Goofy. Which it's about how difficult it was for Goofy at the beginning for a couple of reasons, and that Goofy only managed to occasionally take better care of himself with the help of his friends. Sure he's positive and optimistic in general, but I can't see he managing it all by himself alone.

[blue-the-bluest]

MAXLEY TAKEOVER IS IN FULL EFFECT???? WHAT.

IS THIS WHAT I HAVE BEEN HYPER-FIXATING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS????

basically yeah…

I NEED THEM INSIDE ME. INJECTED INTO MY HEART MY MIND MY SOULLLLL

RUAHDJ THIS IS NOT A JOKE ANYMORE.

[edenleicester]

my favourite au is cradley uppercrust the sussed getting a job at the rat shack

[laurenillustrated]

I drew some characters from 6 popular children’s books in my style!

This was a really fun challenge! 😆 what was your favorite children’s book growing up?

[separatethingy]

Just rewatched Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, and I NEED Sora to meet Max.

Let Sora meet his brother!

Gotta make sure no one else has any secret children

[4rtbyl33]

Angst idea for maxley house of mouse

There's an episode where Roxanne comes back and she and max have a "date" curious how bradley would feel about all that

Honestly Bradley in "Max's embarrassing date" is such a good fanfic plot, someone please write it.

Listen, I'm a firm believer that Bradley has liked Max since day 1 —like c'mon, he was very much flirting with him when he was giving him the "gamma welcome"— and being in close proximity with him for 20 nights(episodes) would only fuel his love for him. The moment Bradley sees Roxanne and her interactions with Max his heart would shatter, like it's so obvious? As if Max would ever like someone like Bradley; that realization hits him like a truck and his mood does a 180° turn, and the others notice it, being this quiet is very unusual for him, he didn't even try to antagonize Donald like he always does.

Something is very wrong.

I like to think that Goofy's paternal instincts just kick in the second he sees Bradley and would try to help him, even if it is by just sitting with him in the prop room in complete silence.

Ahah anyway, thanks anon for the idea!

[sakuramoti0903]

🎤House of Mouse🎞

[warmfuzzyanimal]

hi!! these are back again!!! and BETTER now that i have a tablet!!

i'm gonna be drawing as much as i physically can today since being sick took a HUGE chunk of time out of my work this month.

get 'em while they're hot HERE

[empiireans]

happy 100 years of disney to the disney bros✨

[yappielestappie]

sorry but the footage of charles is him getting the ick in real time and it is so funny.

[sweettjrose]

Everytime I think about Uncle Mickey and Aunt Minnie helping Goofy raise Max, I cry a little.

[pecuchoo]

[diogxnxs]

"I have to believe our worst moments don't make us monsters."

Starring: Miklos the Gray Mouse as Jimmy Mickey Mouse as Captain Curly Max as Daisuke Pegleg Pete as Swansea Donald Duck as Anya

[edenleicester]

quick continuation of this

[laurenillustrated]

Madeline

Where the Wild Things Are

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Halfway done with this art challenge, drawing popular children’s book characters in my style!

[enlightenedrobot]

Other Characters you can legally use for your Mickey Mouse project

Mickey Mouse is in the public domain, as is Minnie Mouse and Peg-leg Pete. There's some caveats to that, and I talk about that more in this other post, but for now, let's talk about other characters who you can also use to fill out the cast.

These characters should all be in the public domain, though some characters still have treademarks. I'll get into how to use them safely as we go. Anyways, let's start.

Other Disney Characters

Disney obvciously doesn't advertise this, but there's actually quite a few Disney originals who've actually been in the public domain for a while.

The Mad Doctor never had it's copyright renewed, and so it's very technically the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to enter the public domain. Keep in mind, the version of Pluto featured in the short isn't in the domain just yet, but the Doctor himself is free to use.

What's funny is that Disney would later use a version of Doctor for Epic Mickey. Obviously don't use that version of the character.

Aside from the Mad Doctor, we also have Oswald and Ortensia

Yeah, as it turns out, Oswald's been in the public domain for quite a while, but he's still trademarked by Disney. Easy recommendation... use the original "fat" design of the character and have him go by Lucky.

But before Oswald, we have the Alice Comedies

Everything about the Alice Comedies is Public Domain for a long time, and the Disney corporation very rarely acknowlege these characters existence. Which is a shame because These shorts were some of the first shorts Walt ever produced, and they have the unique gimmick of featuring a live action girl in an animated world.

Everybody already knows about Oswald, but nobody talks about Oswald and Mickey's older brother from these shorts, Julius the Cat

Like... yeah no, it didn't all start with a mouse. Or a rabbit. It started with a cat.

Foxy and Milton Mouse

Both Foxy (top) and Milton (bottom, pictured with his girlfriend Rita Mouse) were characters created by Warner Brothers and Van Beuren respectively to cash in on Mickey's success, and both characters are also in the public domain.

In fact, all Van Beuren cartoons are apparently in the public domain, and I encourage you to find their cartoons and use them as you please.

Fleischer Characters

Betty Boop is probably in the Public Domain, but there's a few caveats with this. From what I can tell, the name Betty Boop is trademarked, but the character herself isn't. Most of the old Betty Cartoons are free to use, but newer incarnations, including the versions used in 1985's The Romance of Betty Boop and 1989's The Betty Boop Movie Mystery are still very much under copyright.

To avoid any legal trouble, I have two big recommendations. Although everybody remembers Betty as having Black hair, in one of the few early instances of Betty being shown in color, she's actually depicted as Redhead.

This is Betty Boop in 1934's Poor Cinderella, and her hair color is pretty clearly red.

The other option is to just make her black.

Though there's been some debate as to whether Betty Boop was intentionally modeled after Esther Lee Jones or not, there's still no denying the influence of Jazz on the character. Betty Boop is a Jazz singer and is often depicted dancing to Cab Calloway. Hell, the Betty Boop musical features Jasmine Amy Rogers as the titular character.

Betty Boop aside, there's an entire world of defunct Betty Boop characters who are definately public domain, including Bimbo and Koko the Clown.

Next year, Popeye's also gonna enter the Domain. So keep an eye out for him too.

Anyways, these are my picks, but obviously this list isn't meant to be comprehensive. There's a ton of old cartoon characters out there who can be freely reinterpreted into newer works. Feel free to add your own favorite public domain cartoon to the list.