In 1985, a single movie almost killed Disney animation. With an announced budget of $25 million—later accounts place it closer to $40 million— The Black Cauldron was at the time the most expensive ...

It was supposed to be the movie that put Walt Disney Feature Animation (as it was then known) back on the map, its release heralded as a second coming. It was a return to the romantic, fantastical ...

The Black Cauldron has had a bad reputation from pretty much minute one, the instant it opened in theaters to lukewarm reviews and half-empty theaters. But truthfully, to say The Black Cauldron spent ...

New chapters of Mouse in Transition will be published every Friday on Cartoon Brew. It is the story of Disney Feature Animation—from the Nine Old Men to the coming of Jeffrey Katzenberg. Ten lost ...

What would the United States do? What would the United States do? Review-Journal editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a four-time winner of the Sigma ...

Check out our image gallery of Mel Shaw artwork, which will soon be on display at the Walt Disney Family Museum. Steve Hulett remembers the time when Disney artists were told they were being moved to ...