Floyd Gottfredson is best-known as the most legendary 'Mickey Mouse' comic artist. The first 'Mickey' newspaper comic (1930) was scripted by Walt Disney and drawn by Ub Iwerks, but they only did this for a few weeks. Gottfredson became their most notable successor and would draw 'Mickey' comics for more than 45 years. He developed the iconic mouse into a fully fledged comic character and set the standard that all Disney artists and writers still follow to this day. Together with Carl Barks, he remains the most influential and revered Disney comic artist.