A new 19-episode series of eponymously titled 2D Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts will premiere June 28 on Disney Channel, online, and in Disney apps, Disney Channels Worldwide President and CCO Gary Marsh announced.  "While the new cartoon shorts are fresh and contemporary, they are also reminiscent of the art direction and storytelling of Walt and his animators in the 1920s and 1930s," the announcement said.   

The series will be executive produced and directed by Paul Rudish, whose directing experience is limited (Dexter’s Laboratory, The Cartoon Cartoon Show), but whose animation experience is extensive in art department, writing, art director, character design, and other roles on such shows as My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Star Wars: Clone Wars (for which he won two Emmys), Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, and Batman.

Each episode takes Mickey to a new setting including Santa Monica, New York, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Venice and the Alps, where he faces "a silly situation, a quick complication, and an escalation of physical and visual gags."  Other classic Disney characters such as Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Pluto will also appear, with an "...occasional homage to other icons from the storied Disney heritage."

It would be great to see a revival of this classic character, which while one of the most recognizable properties in the world, has had limited new stories produced either in animation, its original medium, or in comics, which fit the character well. 

Fantagraphics is collecting the comic strips (see "Fantagraphics to Publish 'Mickey Mouse' Comics"), but there have been no new comics since Disney took the Classic Disney characters license back from BOOM! Studios (see "Trouble in Duckburg"), presumably to clear the way to move the titles in-house.