Abstract
Donald Duck evolves within the larger Disney enterprise of the 1930s, and becomes inextricably linked to the company, even as Mickey Mouse becomes Disney’s mascot. Donald is emblematic of the larger changes Disney was undergoing during its first decades, and offers a sense of how Disney more fully entered the world stage during this period, with Donald eclipsing Mickey as the company’s most popular character worldwide, even as the Mouse remained the company’s figurehead. The traits that make Donald more palatable worldwide develop in this period: his temper, the injustice he faces, his everyman nature, and offer clues to the enduring popularity of the character. Understanding the first draft of the character, as it were, is instrumental to understanding the significance of the later development within the comic adaptations.
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