Monochrome Mickey: Modern Nostalgia Texts and the Animated Star Image

Published in: Journal of Popular Film and Television 46.4 (2018). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2018.1495610.

Abstract: This article considers a recent trend for Disney to produce modern texts that evoke Mickey Mouse's pre-Technicolor days. Unlike James Bond and Batman, Disney still continues to market Mickey as a star (rather than a long-running character), with the sense that there is (somehow) coherence to be found.