(Walt Disney Studios, 1928) Original pair of matching production drawings by Ub Iwerks featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse from Plane Crazy, showing the iconic Disney mice in the cockpit of a propeller-driven airplane. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on two sheets of untrimmed 12 x 9.5 animation paper, marked "364" and "360" in the lower corners. Total character image measures 3 x 2.75, and the plane image measures 9.75 x 4.25. In fine condition, with tiny losses to upper corners.
Plane Crazy was extremely significant in the history of animation, as it marked the creation of Mickey Mouse. The short was co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, with Iwerks serving as the main animator. Plane Crazy was a silent film and given a test screening to a theater audience, but failed to pick up a distributor; later in 1928 Disney released Steamboat Willie as a very successful sound cartoon, which is generally considered Mickey's debut despite being made after Plane Crazy.
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