TAKING THE MICKEY

Re-animator foresees the future of filth

COPYRIGHT protection on animated superstar Mickey Mouse expired last year, leaving other cartoonists free to use this early version of the iconic character in their work. And, as Walt Disney Studios watch their much-loved creations begin to fall into the public domain, one Woverhampton man is getting ready to cash in. Thrice-divorced unemployed father of approximately eleven Alan Buckets, 58, told the Heath Town Harbinger: “I was watching the TV with one of my sons. Or it might have been one of my daughters, or a wife. Whoever it was, it came on the news that Mickey Mouse had turned 95 and that anyone could freely use his image in any way they liked. That got me thinking.” Buckets realised that there might be money to be made by…

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Viz (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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