The series premiered in 1936.

The anthropomorphic dog Goofy comes from the mouse universe, and he is a close friend of Mickey Mouse. Goofy is not reminiscent of any known breed of dogs, and his long, seemingly loose-jointed limbs make him resemble a stick figure. Goofy's role in the series is most often to accompany Mickey on mysterious and dangerous adventures - and to bungle up things due to his general lack of common sense.
In some stories Goofy has a secret identity, in which he via eating special peanuts becomes Super Goof. As this alter ego he acquires the traditional superpowers such as being able to fly and look through walls.

The stories were/are written by an overwhelming number of artists. Examples: Floyd Gottfredson (1905-1986), Carl Robert Fallberg (1915-1996), Del G. Connell (1918-2011), Victor 'Vic' Lockman (1927-), Werner Wejp-Olsen (1938-), Josep Tello 'Tello' Gonzalez (1940-).