tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20219340.post6043901597082306333..comments2024-03-11T08:05:41.425-07:00Comments on Disney History: Didier Ghezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442745682397929615noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20219340.post-89864966533958023252016-02-01T14:57:22.102-08:002016-02-01T14:57:22.102-08:00"The Evolution, The Legend, The Phenomenon!&q..."The Evolution, The Legend, The Phenomenon!" (2001) by Robert Heide and John Gilman, from Disney Editions, is a fine book, chock full of pictures. It was one of several sources of inspiration for "Mickey Mouse: Emblem of the American Spirit," published by the Walt Disney Family Foundation Press. <br /><br />However, the Heide book is just 192 pp. long, and the text is minimal. It's basically a coffee-table book, whereas "Emblem" contains 323 illustrations (most in full color) and is 336 pp. long. "Emblem" is also less anecdotal. It offers a true history and illustrated critical overview of Mickey's life as an pop culture icon, something no other book has ever attempted or accomplished. On Amazon it costs less than $27.00, which, I'd say, is a pretty sweet deal.<br /><br />Jim Korkis's "The Book of Mouse" (2013) and my more recent anthology, "A Mickey Mouse Reader" (2014), also should interest folks seriously into Mickey and Disney. But, if images are a decisive factor, you should know that Jim's book has no illustrations ... and there are only about a dozen in mine, although most of them have never been published, or rather, republished till now. <br /><br />The "Reader," published by the University Press of Mississippi, contains news squibs and longer articles and essays on Mickey from 1928 down to the present day from a wide variety of sources, including Maurice Sendak and John Updike.<br />Garry Apgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08411550872695550547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20219340.post-54764083831944859322016-02-01T14:22:08.905-08:002016-02-01T14:22:08.905-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Garry Apgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08411550872695550547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20219340.post-49707896023644519372016-02-01T05:56:07.009-08:002016-02-01T05:56:07.009-08:00Garry Apgar's. but then again it depends on wh...Garry Apgar's. but then again it depends on what you are interested in, of course.Didier Ghezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442745682397929615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20219340.post-51756626981764961242016-02-01T04:10:11.727-08:002016-02-01T04:10:11.727-08:00Thank you for the fantastic review. I would love t...Thank you for the fantastic review. I would love to buy a good book about mickey (with a strong visual aspect) since I don't have one yet, but the amount of mickeybooks out there is quite confusing. So if you would recommand only one book about mickey, wich one would it be? thank you in advance!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243468200970772649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20219340.post-45812371970469322502016-01-31T03:14:05.834-08:002016-01-31T03:14:05.834-08:00There is also another Mickey Mouse book called The...There is also another Mickey Mouse book called The Evolution, The Legend, The Phenomenon! (2001) Bought my copy from a journalist who first sold me The Disney That Never Was (1995) to begin withChristian S.noreply@blogger.com