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IN THE EARLY 1980S, CARDON WALKER JR. AND I produced the "Disney Family Album" series for The Disney Channel. It was one of the very first series funded by the Channel, and the first to get any kind of critical acclaim thanks to our nomination for a Cable Ace Award for Best Documentary Series. But we had an even bigger ambition, and that was to land the Great White Whale of Disney myths, the life story of Walt himself.
Most animation fans know that Ub Iwerks co-created Mickey Mouse. But he contributed much more to animation.
Disney unveiled a new Mickey Mouse short today called Croissant de Triomphe, that can be viewed HERE. It is one of 19 new shorts that …
I’ll bet you’ve never seen the actual opening of an early 1930s Mickey Mouse cartoon. Oh, you may think you have – but only animation …
Looking for something to do after all the presents have been opened and all the parties are over? On Monday, December 26th at 2 & 7 pm, …
Disney is poised to continue expanding its presence on retail shelves with a wide variety of franchises and new entertainment …
Disney fans like to look for “hidden Mickeys” – but here’s one they may have missed. When Disney’s mouse became an overnight sensation in …
Sorry for posting the awful image above – but it was all I could find on a moments notice. I just found out about a one-time-only Disney …
Yeah, you’ve seen ’em before – but not like this! If you are in SoCal with nuthin’ to do the day after Christmas, The Alex Film Society …
Calling all animation historians and Disney geeks! Our friends at the Modern Mechanix blog have dug up another animation related article …
Here’s something I’d like to have: this cleverly designed limited edition Mickey Mouse remote control from Japan, with a stand shaped …
If you like comics, comic strips and animated cartoons, Ohio State University is now Mecca. I’ll be there, in Columbus Ohio, next …
Some disappointing news out of the Licensing Expo now going on in Las Vegas. Disney has officially announced their next hand-drawn …
Disney is allowing a group of contemporary artists to turn Mickey Mouse ‘street’ through a new program called Bloc 28. The artwork …
Within the last two weeks I saw Disney’s Bolt and rewatched Pixar’s Wall•E (as well as moderating a Q&A with writer/director Andrew …
Mickey Mouse is “one of Satan’s soldiers” and makes everything he touches impure… or so claims Sheikh Muhammad Munajid during a …
Once again our friend Charles Shopsin posts another great animation article from his collection of vintage Modern Mechnix magazines. This …
One of my biggest grievances against contemporary animation is that characters won’t shut up. Too often in American animation, dialogue …
The Walt Disney Company has acquired the rights to OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT. And somewhere in heaven, Walt Disney is smiling.Disney’s …
Way back in August I plugged this book, but now that I’ve got it in my hot little hands and have spent hours perusing its pages – I gotta …