Walt Disney's Pluto

by Tony Strobl (Adaptor), Neil Boyle (Adaptor), Revena

This edition does not have an ISBN number.

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1957

About the author

Anthony Joseph Strobl was an American comics artist and animator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Cleveland School of Art from 1933–37, with Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who actually got some help from Strobl creating Superman.

Reviews

[Rob · Rating 2 out of 5]

for a little older child maybe 4-7 this is a good read

[Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pluto of the hunt, oh no he's just monkeying around.

[C. (Don't blank click my reviews, comment please! · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Walt Disney's Pluto”, 1957, is one of the better ‘Tell-A-Tale’ books. I did not think the story extraordinary. There were a few aspects that could have been moulded better, to have more sense, behaviourally and realistically. Plot concepts should pass muster even if they are in the realm of fantasy. The story is that Mickey was asked by a sheriff to round up loose circus animals. Citizens are usually asked to leave police or animal business to professionals. Did Mickey know a sheriff? We don't understand why he got involved and if spare hands were needed, Minnie should have banded with them, as well as Pluto as a tracker. Leaving her out of it bespoke chauvinism. Overall, I wonder why Pluto and circus creatures are pets, with mice portrayed as guardians.

Notwithstanding some unrealistic details such as this, I liked the ensuing story a fair bit because it portends a lot more adventure, surprises, and suspense than one would expect of this child's book. One other objection is that, when Minnie took Pluto out walking because he hated to be left out of locating circus critters; a puppy he did rescue was disregarded as an unimportant triumph and aid! I should think that this became a far more essential feat, than rounding up unthreatened animals!

Illustrators Neil Boyle and Tony Strobl are very noteworthy. Tony was a Disney film and book veteran, lauded as one of the two famous Donald Duck drawers. He advised the men who created the ‘Superman’ comic, too! Neil was a Canadian gem, from Fort MacLeod, Alberta, whom I'm glad to know. He did it all: book illustrations, stamp commemorations, a major California cemetery mosaic, RCA and Capital records, professorship in both countries, and lifetime awards in both countries. His impressionist oil paintings were coveted thereafter.

[Wileyoneone · Rating 4 out of 5]

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