Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott looked to comic book character Mickey Rat (created in 1971 by L.A.-based cartoonist and artist Robert Armstrong) to conjure up a Moschino Chinese New Year ...

Rat Fink follows Roth from his heady early days in drag racing to his custom-car superstardom and his creation of Rat Fink, a feral Mickey Mouse parody that became a ubiquitous fixture on T-shirts ...

According to the Los Angeles Times, Rat Fink is a hot rod cartoon character from the ‘50s. Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, the creator of Rat Fink, made the character an anti-hero to Mickey Mouse.

Creator of the infamous Rat Fink cartoon character, modeled as the alter-ego of Mickey Mouse and the mascot of the '60s counterculture revolution, Roth was the creative driving force behind an era ...

But this doesn't mean that Mickey is completely free. The copyright that expires today only applies to Mickey Mouse as he first appeared: rat-like and mischievous, with pupil-less eyes and no gloves.