Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald: "For Whom the Doorbell Tolls" and Other Tales Insp

by Andrea Freccero, Alessandro Perina (Artist), Giorgio Cavazzano (Introduction)

Ernest Hemingway: Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner, war hero, famed novelist, journalist, adventurer ― and inspiration to Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and Goofy! The year: 1999. The place: Italy. Fan-favorite Venetian Disney cartoonist Giorgio Cavazzano dared a creative team to take its cues from Ernest Hemingway for a striking, cinematic, and occasionally silly new series of Duckburg tales! In this original Disney collection, Hemingway’s “The Battler” and “The Killers” inspire new Mickey and Peg Leg Pete parodies while our title adventure features Mickey meeting “Ernest” in person! From Donald’s bid for knighthood as “The Duck Who Would Be King” to Peg Leg Pete’s invasion of a diner in “Bad Boys” and Uncle Scrooge’s shark-wrangling in “The Older Man and the Sea,” these epics range from direct pastiches to shorts loosely based on “Papa” Hemingway’s work ― each paired with its authors’ “liner notes,” telling the fascinating tale of how and why they were inspired. Full-color illustrations throughout

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

180 pages, Hardcover

Published March 21, 2023

Reviews

[RandomReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun-read, but since I haven't read anything for Hemingway before, I guess I may read it again if I ever read any of the mentioned stories. The art is amazing as it is always in European Disney stories.

[Eddie B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Hemingway.
Hemingway loved Italy.
Italian Disney artists sent him this lovely love letter.

[Duncs Comics · Rating 4 out of 5]

"You must go. So that when you return you will have stories to tell".

A paraphrase of Hemingway's: "In order to write about life, first you must live it".

This was an important read for me at the time, it affirmed my decision to move overseas and fulfill a working holiday experience. Charming, inspiring read.

[Fraser Sherman · Rating 2 out of 5]

The hook for these stories is that they're inspired by Hemingway but they're far enough removed from the source material I can't see how it makes a difference. In their own right, amusing, but not more than that.

[Dan Sendker · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a huge fan of both Disney and Hemingway, this anthology was tailor-made for me. The information between the comics was interesting as well, but there was a HUGE missed opportunity to tell readers that Walt's and Ernest's birthplaces are a mere five miles apart.

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of disney stories loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's works. And that "loosely" is an understatement to the point of serving only as a marketing trick for this book to sell more.

One or two stories really stand-out, the rest are mediocre to plain boring.

[Al Berry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m generally not a fan of the Italian Style Disney works, but this has a good variety of stories and well done art. Quite enjoyable with nothing outstaying it’s welcome.

[Al Capwned · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not all the stories are that good but the good ones are THAT good. This books contains stories solely by Italian creators.