Floyd Gottfredson on recognition

SABA:...did you ever feel annoyed that you weren't getting any kind of recognition?
GOTTFREDSON: No, I didn't really. We realized we were working as ghosts. And the big name was Walt Disney. We were so involved with the schedule anyway, so swamped with the deadline. You know what that is. You've been in the business enough. We just weren't concerning ourselves about all the things. There were one or two members in the department that sort of resented it. They were sort of publicity conscious people. But it wasn't the studio policy that maintained the anonymity. As a matter of fact, in about '58, Walt requested from the syndicate that we be allowed to sign the strips with our signatures, along with his. And the syndicate threw up their hands in horror. They said, "No, never. That would so dilute the product and confuse people with a name that meant nothing to them that it would hurt the sales." And this is true. I agree, absolutely that it would have done that.