Website Title: TIME
Page Title: A Brief History of Mickey Mouse
Website Address: http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1859935,00.html
Author: Claire Suddath
Date Published: November 18, 2008
When Mickey was first created it started with a rabbit. Walt Disney created a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. With a round, white face, big button nose and floppy black ears, Oswald was an instant hit. When Disney met with executives to negotiate another contract in 1928, the studio told the animator that they had retained the rights to Oswald. Disney offered him a lower salary, but he refused. He and Ub Iwerks, returned to work and brainstormed Oswald’s replacement. They shortened the ears and turned the rabbit into a mouse.
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