Lio by Mark Tatulli for December 05, 2011

A big cartoon surprise!

That’s the old scrappy Mickey; the mouse trap doesn’t stand a chance.

According to Wikipedia, this (5 December) is in fact Walt Disney’s birthday. So Lio’s bait for “The Mouse” is appropriate. Good luck, Lio! Have fun with Disney Inc. Legal….

Now that’s what I call a mixed message.

KILL THE VERMIN!!!

Mickey Mouse. The rat that ate Orlando.

I guess Lio is not a fan of Disney World.

Disney characters: the third rail of cartooning. Mark must be feeling suicidal.

I think Donald slipped Lio 20 bucks

Anyway, nice homage, Mark.

Didn’t the copyright on the original Mickey Mouse just expire?

Now that’s just wrong!

nooOOOooooo…

Disney World – a people trap operated by a mouse.

M.T. didn’t miss Walt Disney’s birthday, but Google did.

As Harlan Ellison would say, “don’t #&*@ with the Mouse.” But I believe this is fair use.

Berke Breathed could tell you a thing or two about that. When the old Outland strip first started, he introduced a character named ‘Mortimer’ Mouse, supposedly Mickey;s indigent cousin…or something like that. Mort lasted about two minutes before the big D came down hard on Breathed and forced him to withdraw the character from the strip

I can only imagine that’s a cheesecake.

Why does Lio hate Mickey???

Uh oh!

Actually that was Larry’s line not Curly’s!

Happy Birthday Walt Disney. Mickey’s smarter then to fall for the trap so no worries. Thanks for the laugh!

The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled for the free speech rights of parody artists vs plagiarism suits. Most people just don’t want to pay enough lawyers to take the mouse that far. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

It’s like a popular saying: The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Walt’s lawyers won’t do anything. At this point Mark couldn’t sell his soul to get liability insurance. Fastest way to make an attorney leave – “I’m broke.”

The better mousetrap.

wht the hell

Are you sure this is a good idea, Mark? After all, Diz-knee is pretty sue-happy when someone uses their name, much less one of their trademarks, without express written consent and a bribe…er, “usage fee.”

I’m not that big a fan of “rubber hose animation” Mickey. The same can be said about early Snoopy; I prefer the look he took on in the Sixties onward (with the huge muzzle and tiny dot nose instead of his earliest appearances as a standard dog).

OH, SNAP! That’s laugh-out-loud stuff right there. More worthy than just a LOL.Happy Birthday Walt.

Considering this is a cartoon strip- I’m not worried about Mickey.

I’m worried about Mark though.

I have seen a few Three Stooges shorts and I know Larry said it. And if you don’t believe me check the episodes called.

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