He spent a decade (1931–40) at the Walt Disney Studio as a
story writer and, between 1932 and 1937, wrote the Mickey Mouse newspaper
dailies and Silly Symphonies Sunday comics. These were illustrated by Floyd
Gottfredson and Al Taliaferro respectively. With Taliaferro, Osborne has been
credited as the co-creator of Huey, Dewey and Louie. Osborne wrote many of the
celebrated Mickey Mouse daily strip adventures which were later adapted into
the popular Big Little Books of the 1930s and 1940s ("Pirate
Submarine", "The Seven Ghosts", "Oscar the Ostrich",
"Race For Riches", "Mickey Mouse Runs His Own Newspaper",
and several others). He was succeeded by Merrill De Maris and Bill Wright. He is my 421st choice to be named as a Disney Legend.
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