Disney History

Receiving the latest "art of" book from Chronicle Books is always a real joy. The Art of Toy Story 5 is no exception. I am partic...

  I can now confirm that this book is an excellent read with several in-depth chapters about Ike's Disney career.

I am currently working on an in-depth essay about the life and work of Disney's first merchandising representative in the Nordics and in...

I just bought this new book which contains two chapters about Eisenmann's Disney career. I will let you know in a few days what I think...

Here are the two marvelous Italian books that I received for my birthday yesterday. One is about Disney's comic book script writer Tito ...

I just received two new great books about two great Disney Italian comic artists. I have a feeling that some of you (especially Italian read...

  I really enjoyed getting interviewed last week by my friend Ed Mazzilli from the Disney Nerds podcast.

I just received my copy of Don Ballard's new book about the Disneyland Hotel ("1960 - 1964 The Little Motel Grows Up"). His f...

 Coming to a bookstore near you in September. More about this in a few weeks.

Who is my audience? I am reading an excellent collection of essays about books and the art of writing by Philip Pullman (author of the His D...

I wish I had been aware of this spectacular 1933 ad from New Zealand at time when I was researching Mickey Mouse in the 1930s--The Christmas...

There is a revolution taking place in the world of Disney comics in Italy and I was late to the party. As a kid, I grew up reading Disney co...

Really looking forward to this upcoming book!  

The first Disney video game was released in 1981, more than 40 years ago.  Shaun Jex's important new book chronicles the making of 50 o...

I just finished writing the introduction of Walt's People -- Volume 32 , which should be released in about 3 to 4 months, and I thought ...

Alberto Becattini's new book about Disney animator and comic book artist Jack Bradbury has just been released. If you read Italian it is...

 New book to be released in June. I am so looking forward to this!

There is just something about concept art from Disney and Pixar movies that I find utterly fascinating. The way characters and backgrounds e...

  My good friend and fellow Disney historian Nunziante Valoroso is trying to locate the first dubbed version of Cinderella in Italian and ...

  My new book is now available via Stuart Ng Books. Hurrah!