The original design of Mickey Mouse from the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie officially entered the public domain on January 1, triggering a flood of parodies and memes. Not to mention, a handful ...

Arguably the most well-known animated character on the planet, Mickey Mouse is as recognizable (if not more so) than Santa Claus, and his name is the name most frequently scrawled in as a write-in ...

Mickey Mouse turns 80 years old today, and there’s not a gray hair on him. Sure, he’s a little rounder, a little squatter, and he’s been wearing the same clothes for decades, but all in all he looks ...

The new year marks the nerdiest holiday you maybe didn’t know about: Public Domain Day. But this year’s celebration is extra special. After years of legal battles, “Steamboat Willie,” a 1928 Walt ...

Before there were Mickey Mouse playing cards, hairbrushes, caps, underwear, footballs and plush toys, there was one Walt Disney struggling to make ends meet. Walt Disney was born in Chicago in 1901 to ...

Mickey, a homegrown food-packaging company, is famous for facing down Disney in Paraguay’s Supreme Court. As the family business turns 90, why is it still so popular? Mickey, a Paraguayan company’s ...