Walt Disney's signature creation, Mickey Mouse, in his breakout 1928 cartoon short, "Steamboat Willie." (Photo: ©Walt Disney/Courtesy: Everett Collection) He may have hit the big 9-4 in calendar years ...

The beginning of 2026 brought new copyrighted items entering the public domain, including multiple iconic Disney cartoons and ...

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. One of the most beloved cartoon characters of all time is now the subject of several new interpretations thanks to the end of copyright protection for the 1928 Steamboat Willie ...

ORLANDO -- Mickey Mouse arrived on the world's cultural stage 75 years ago today as a scrawny but buoyant black-and-white product of the Jazz Age. He was a symbol of American pluck in his screen debut ...

When Walt Disney and Ib Iwerks created Mickey Mouse, there's no way they could have known just what they had done. And now, almost 100 years later, Mickey has become an icon. He's gone through many ...

There have been several iconic Disney cartoon characters introduced over the years, and these 10 are the best of the best ...

A seemingly endless stream of Steamboat Willie-themed content has been released since the 1928 Disney short film hit the public domain on January 1. We highlighted some standout (good, bad, and ugly) ...

What makes Mickey Mouse such an iconic figure. Is it that he is the alter ego of his presumably beloved creator Walt Disney? Is that he is as a cartoon character a cunning alignment of spheres? Is it ...

Though Mickey Mouse remains the definitive icon for Disney, the company rarely puts him in the spotlight these days. But now, a new series of 19 retro-style shorts, set to premiere on the Disney ...

He may have hit the big 9-4 in calendar years, but Mickey Mouse is forever young in the hearts of kids, parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents. The signature creation of Walt Disney — and ...