Mickey Mouse: Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks
Learn more →Walt lost everything — the character, the animators, the contract. On the train from New York to Hollywood he invented a mouse. His wife said: “not Mortimer, give him Mickey.” His friend Ub Iwerks drew three circles, red shorts and white gloves. On 18 November 1928 Mickey Mouse whistled in Steamboat Willie and changed the history of entertainment. Almost a hundred years later, three circles are still one of the most recognisable silhouettes on Earth — on the ears at Disneyland, on collaborations with KAWS and Supreme, on plush toys and figures of collectors around the world.