The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney after Walt lost the rights to his first co-creation with animator Ub Iwerks, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, to Universal. From ...

It's the cartoon that built an empire. On Nov. 18, 1928, an animated film called Steamboat Willie premiered at Universal's Colony Theater in New York City. The roughly seven-minute cartoon was ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

It feels churlish, in this day and age, to come on the internet and celebrate Disney. Less a movie studio and more a terrifying global monopoly, the Walt Disney Corporation has grown so worryingly ...

From a small animation studio, Disney grew into a global entertainment empire built on a mouse. Here’s how it happened.

The latest exhibit at Orange County Regional History Center may get creative juices flowing and prompt waves of nostalgia. “Animationland” provides hands-on artistic activities, and its companion ...

'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' is still the best Disney princess movie. That's partly because of its timeless music. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs introduced us to some of the most memorable ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...