Merrill De Maris

Merrill De Maris is a writer who worked on Disney Comic Strips for King Features Syndicate.

De Maris helped Floyd Gottfredson with many of his early Mickey Mouse comic strips – De Maris wrote the 1939 multi-month Phantom Blot for one ^[1]. In 1942 they created Minerva Mouse for the five-month comic strip story "The Gleam".

He also helped Carl Barks with one of his Donald Duck stories, titled Too Many Pets. De Maris also participated at the Disney Studio on the story adaptation for 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.^[2]

References

1. ^ Markstein, Don. "THE PHANTOM BLOT". Toonopedia.com. http://www.toonopedia.com/phanblot.htm. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
2. ^ Young, R. G. (2000). The encyclopedia of fantastic film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 577. ISBN 1557832692. 

External links

• Merrill De Maris in the I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
• Merrill De Maris at the Internet Movie Database

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