Letter to Ub Iwerks Concerning the Mickey Mouse Comic Strip - King Features Syndicate - 1929

Historical October 21st 1929 letter from King Features editor Ward Greene to Ub Iwerks, regarding the upcoming Mickey Mouse comic strip...It reads, "I am still looking forward to seeing the Mickey Mouse strips. Any news?"

The very first Mickey Mouse Daily comic strip was published January 13th 1930, with the story written by Walt Disney himself (he would continue writing the strip until May 17th 1930), with the continuing storyline being based on "Plane Crazy"(the very first Mickey Mouse cartoon). Ub Iwerks drew the first 18 dailies (3 weeks), after which Win Smith took over (because Iwerks left the Studio), until Smith quit and Floyd Gottfredson took over on May 5th 1930.

Wikipedia on Ward Greene:
Ward Greene (December 23, 1892 – January 22, 1956) was an American writer, editor, journalist, playwright, and general manager of the comic syndicate King Features Syndicate. He is known for overseeing the works of Alex Raymond and other writers and artists at King Features Syndicate, as well as writing Raymond's Rip Kirby comic strip from 1946 until his death.
Greene wrote the magazine story "Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog" for Cosmopolitan in 1945, and this story was the basis for the 1955 Walt Disney Animation film Lady and the Tramp. Greene also wrote the spinoff comic strip, Scamp, featuring the young son of the Disney dogs, from 1955 to 1956.