Disney History

SWEDISH DISNEY HISTORIAN NEEDED In 2013, Are Myklebust and Jan Stale Engaas wrote a great book about the history of Disney in Norway (which ...

Found in the French magazine Candide , dated September 12, 1935: "Are we mice or men?"  

 Interesting auction happening soon at Heritage Auctions. Check out the catalog here .

Some very, very sad news: - Jim Cora, Disney Legend Who Helped Found Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea, and Disneyland Paris, Passes Away at 83

  VOLUNTEER NEEDED IN SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA   So, in the end the documents I am trying to access are neither in Melbourne nor in Canberra, but ...

I loved Marcy Carriker Smothers' first book. I can't wait to read this upcoming one .  

Great news! Walt's People - Volume 25 has just been released. It features appearances by Wilfred Haughton, Basil Reynolds, William Norr...

I was conducting some research this weekend and stumbled upon this never-seen-before photo of Walt shot in the Summer on 1935 in Paris. The ...

When we finally get the vaccine and when things start going back to normal, my wife and I are hoping to start traveling again. The first des...

This just in from my good friend and fellow animation historian Darrell Van Citters: [It’s not {directly} Disney related but in case there’s...

Not sure what this new publication is worth but it looks very interesting. I will get my copy very soon.

And to conclude our pre-WWII unauthorized series from Japan, here are a few more items that I spotted online and that you may enjoy.  

One last batch of pre-WWII Japanese postcards for your enjoyment.  

More of those great 1930s postcards from Japan! Apparently some of these "art deco" ones may have been drawn by artist Takahashi S...

Thanks to some of you, over recent days I have become aware of the fascinating world of early Japanese Disney postcards (unauthorized).  I w...

Stephen Anderson joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1999 as a story artist on Tarzan . Following Tarzan, Anderson served as story super...