from august 28 to november 27, 1938, the "mickey mouse" comic strip published 14 sunday newspaper comics retelling the story under the title "the brave little tailor". this version was bookended by segments showing the "real" mickey mouse as an actor working for walt disney who casts him for the film. the comic has mac maccorker as the fictional director of the film. goofy also appears in these scenes, and after the wrap he is wearing the same clothes he wore in the short film "the whalers" which was released the month before "tailor". the story was written by merrill de maris and drawn by manuel gonzales and floyd gottfredson with inking by ted thwaites.