Mickey Mouse Origin Mickey Mouse debuted on November 18, 1928 in the animated cartoon Steamboat Willie . His comics debut was January 13, 1930 when he got his own comic strip. (The first adventure was Lost on a Desert Island .) The strip was first written by Walt Disney himself (and drawn by Ub Iwerks), but soon Floyd Gottfredson took over the strip and continued to draw it for decades. Related ...