Ah, Mickey Mouse—a true icon of childhood, the king of all things Disney, and now, a meme legend! For many of us, Mickey represents Saturday morning cartoons, family trips to Disneyland ...

As Neal Gabler wrote in his book, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, “Mickey Mouse had become the graphic representation of indomitable happiness even in the face of national ...

Sullivan was also blindsided by the arrival of cinema sound and was beaten to the punch by Disney's Steamboat Willie, starring then-newcomer Mickey Mouse. At one point in Steamboat Willie ...