The Pirates and the Mouse #[nn]

This collection chronicles the legal and cultural clash between The Walt Disney Company and underground cartoonists, focusing on the creators of characters like Dirty Duck. It explores how Disney aggressively pursued copyright and trademark claims against independent publishers and artists in the 1970s and 1980s, including the legal battles surrounding the use of Mickey Mouse in parody and adult-oriented comics. The volume compiles court documents, correspondence, and commentary to detail this pivotal conflict between corporate power and countercultural expression in comics history.