Oswald the Lucky Rabbit his blessing to continue the Oswald series as the Mickey Mouse shorts had become more successful, so the two became close friends. Over the next decade, Lantz produced 142 Oswald cartoons, making for a grand total of 194 films that the character starred in, spanning the work of all three producers. After Lantz took over production in 1929, the character's look was changed to some degree over the following years: Oswald got white gloves on his hands, shoes on his feet, a shirt, a "cuter" face with larger eyes, a bigger head, and shorter ears (pictured right). With 1935's "Case
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Woodpecker Polka" (1951), also in three-strip Technicolor, which by then had become the norm in the cartoon industry. He also appeared in a 1952 theatrical commercial for the Electric Autolite Company, with his voice being provided by Dick Beals. Oswald made his first comic book appearance in 1935, when DC Comics featured him in the series "New Fun" (later "More Fun"). His adventures, drawn by Al Stahl, were serialized one page to an issue for the magazine's first year, after which they ceased. The original black-furred version of Oswald was featured, even though Oswald was by this time a white