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One-Foot Runaway Brain Mickey Toy

Good news: Japanese toy maker Medicom Toy produced this handsome 12″ Mickey Mouse vinyl toy based on the 1995 short Runaway Brain. Bad …

Spotted outside of an Asian grocery store in Queens, a cardboard box from a yam producer that uses an unauthorized rendition of Mulan as …

This is perhaps the most off-topic post I’ve written for Cartoon Brew, but I hope you’ll indulge me. It’s regarding a neglected aspect of …

This week marks the anniversary of one of our most popular posts: the one about the Spongebob Squarepants Musical Rectal Thermometer. …

Didier Ghez posted this several months ago but I just caught up with it today. Apparently it was made by Italian Disney comics artist …

Last year we made note of the planned revamp of a classic Disneyland attraction, It’s A Small World. This week the new version has …

For your weekend pleasure, here’s a terrific interview with Walt Disney circa 1963, conducted by Fletcher Markle. Markle, who had just …

During World War II, dozens of Disney artists were drafted into the US military. Today I’m sharing letters written by three of those …

A few years ago we posted about a musician applying a rock guitar soundtrack to a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Now a band from San Antonio …

What would Clara Cluck say? (Thanks, Lev Polyakov)

Disneyana collector and historian David Lesjak has done a remarkable bit of investigation into the life of Carolyn Kay Shafer. Who you …

I think I’ve finally found a reason to have a kid: this traditional 1930s boy’s Japanese kimono decorated with images of Mickey is a …

Blogs were abuzz last week after it was revealed that Disney CEO Bob Iger took home $30.6 million in salary and bonuses in 2008. So what …

Disney hasn’t figured out every way to merchandise their brand… but they’re coming very close! Check this out: Now you can …

Say hello to Mecha-Mouse! Going on sale next month in Japan are a pair of Mickey Mouse Transformers toys. One in shimmering black and …

A postscript to my post last week on the Library of Congress selection of the home movie Disneyland Dream to the National Film …

If you believed Roadside Romeo was Disney’s oddest co-production; or if you thought Disney couldn’t sink any lower than producing the …

These pieces (of art) were spotted on display aboard a recent Disney Cruise, for a very high priced auction by the Park West gallery. …

Silly me! I thought the forthcoming live action G-Force film from Disney was an adaptation of of the anime series Battle of the Planets. …

Reader Keith Bryant made this unusual observation while watching the Disney Treasures DVD Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic:There’s …