Missy Mouse

Colors by Jim Ludwig

   Missy Mouse was the first annie starlet in C.B.I.P.'s glamor stable. It was during the War that Missy took some cheesecake photos to send to her husband fighting in Italy. He loved the photos and shipped them back to Missy to keep them safe, but by mistake the envelope was mailed to C.B.I.P.'s publicity department. When the studio discovered that the pix were private, they were returned to Missy, but the shots inspired a new direction in the presentation of annies as glamor figures rather than typical cartoon actors. With her husband's permission, Missy was signed as the studio's first annie glamor starlet. The new direction proved a hit, particularly with G.I.'s and the studio even arranged with the War Department for Missy's cartoons to be sent to her husband's unit so he would be among the very first to see her new shorts. Her story is told in issue 2.