sentences:  Taliaferro's depiction of Donald preceded Donald's appearances as a supporting character in the "Mickey Mouse" newspaper comic (under Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Osborne), the adaptation into a British comic strip by William A.Ward (in 1937), and the adaptation of Donald into a full-length Italian comic book by Federico Pedrocchi (in 1937).Between August 30, 1936 and December 5, 1937, Taliaferro and Osborne depicted Donald in gag-a-week comic strips for the "Silly Symphony" series.