Floyd Gottfredson

Floyd Gottfredson was an influential American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip, which he drew and wrote for over 45 years from 1930 until his retirement in 1975. He is widely regarded as the artist who transformed Mickey Mouse into a daring adventurer and detective, setting the standard for future Disney comic creators. Gottfredson's contributions to the strip included writing the daily comic, drawing the Sunday edition, and leading the Comic Strip Department at Disney.