A wild, weird, and wonderful All Hallows’ Eve to you all! This week, The Retro Set offers a smorgasbord of classic Halloween cartoons for your ghoulish pleasure–some familiar, some perhaps less so. Felix the Cat […]
1929 was a good year for Walt Disney: his seminal creation, Mickey Mouse, had just broken out as a huge star in the wake of the immensely popular short Steamboat Willie (1928). That cartoon’s success led to […]
In 1930, Walt Disney gave his flagship character, Mickey Mouse, just what every anthropomorphic rodent needs: a canine companion named Pluto. But Pluto (or, as he was initially known, Pluto the Pup) didn’t start out […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … time for Christmas cartoons! Each Saturday this month, we’ll be taking a fond look back at some classic holiday shenanigans from some very familiar animated folks. First up, let’s revisit the […]
In 2013, Disney brought their flagship character, Mickey Mouse, roaring back to animated life in a series of cartoon shorts that air intermittently between programming on the Disney Channel. These stylized cartoons are at once […]
Ostensibly adapted (very, very loosely) from Hans Christian Andersen’s 1845 fairy tale The Snow Queen, Walt Disney Animation’s newest film, Frozen, dips into familiar territory. The movie tells the story of two sisters, Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) […]
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