Gottfredson's comics are as classy, funny and as slick as the Disney shorts from the same period.... A fine package, a full meal, and a perfect follow-up to volume 1, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 2: Trapped on Treasure Island fills a gap long-neglected in animation history. Buy it.--Jerry Beck "Cartoon Brew"

Can you believe that the tapioca-plain Mickey Mouse was... once a high-spirited adventurer...? He was in the original comic strips... It's one of the classics.--David Allen "Inland Valley Daily Bulletin"

Over time, Mickey's personality becomes more refined...; scrappier, tougher and more determined to seek justice (or an adventure) regardless of the odds. ...[T]his series is rich with detail, both in the strip itself and in the editorial handling of the material, [in a way] that puts other reprint projects to shame.--Chris Mautner "Robot 6"

These Floyd Gottfredson-created adventure strips... are everything you want from a feature like this: exuberant, lovely-looking and a lot of fun.--Tom Spurgeon "The Comics Reporter"

The Mickey Mouse books from Fantagraphics... feel like the Criterion Collection DVDs translated into comic strip compilations, a prime example of how to give the readers more than their money's worth.... With Mickey Mouse: Trapped on Treasure Island, I'm already eager to see what Gottfredson did next. I'm in for the long haul.--Greg McElhatton "Read About Comics"

The stories are dense, packing plenty of dialogue into the strips -- and the themes are darker than the bright-eyed, factory-sealed tales of today.... The reproduction is crisp -- the black inks are meticulous in their separation.... This dynamic look is a revelation in the life of the character who started it all for Disney.--Alex Carr "Omnivoracious (Amazon.com)"

...[A]s amazing as it sounds David Gerstein and Fantagraphics have managed to do it again: they have produced at the same time the best Disney comic book of 2011 and one of the best Disney history books of the year.--Didier Ghez "Disney History"