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  1. William

    After being screwed over so many times its an important lesson I teach my kids. Have someone else do ALL THE WORK, and you take all the credit and money. Spider-man wasn’t Stan Lee, Batman wasn’t Bob Kane, Light Bulb wasn’t Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs didn’t know anything about hardware or software. What they are good at is telling lies and making money off those lies.

    1. Kay

      Dag. I have to look that up about Stan Lee just out of curiosity. But you’re right. The ones in front steal credit from those in the back.

    2. Michael Schoendorf

      That’s the lesson you teach your kids?? To take credit for someone else’s hard work.? That’s just sad.

      1. Peter

        Maybe the granddaughter made up the story to get some money. Don’t believe everything you read. Especially if a democrat writes it.

        1. William

          Walt created the character, Ib drew the picture.

        2. I

          Cringe comment. Democrats are more scientific and proof based opposed to the God fearing right

          1. Brandon

            I agree there was no reason to bring politics into this. But now that they are there I can give you just as much evidence for God existing than him not existing. And while both parties lie when their mouths are moving democrats science based, lol, don’t make me laugh again. Masks, the vaccine keeps you from speading, the economy, boys can be girls and vice versa, women are biologically the same as men and have no advantage in sports when they transition, a baby isnt life at inception contrary to medical facts telling us otherwise and improving with time, America is racist and horrible (yet hundreds of millions die to get here every year)…. I can go on and on all day.

          2. jal11180

            You too, be gone!

          3. jal11180

            The left, right, middle, and fringe ALL equally offend YAHWEH EL ELOHIM Himself alike! Be gone, you dimwitted polititard troll!

        3. Steve

          It takes incredible ignorance to tell someone not to believe a democrat journalist, after you let a republican politician con you into believing the election was rigged – when the truth is so obvious – he is too much a narcissist to admit he lost. Rejections from 50+ courts and all recounts and audits proved he lost, but you still believe. You have no credibility to decide who to trust.

          1. jal11180

            What did I say, you dimwitted polititard troll?

        4. DonB

          And don’t believe ANYTHING a repuglican says. Ever.

          1. jal11180

            You are ironically just as bad as those that you condemn, Donnie.

      2. My grandfather Attilio Marco Jesu was good friends with Walt . My grandfather pioneer subtitles with Walt. Roy Disney not good no one takes of him. Interview me please and explain

    3. Jesse

      … this is an April Fools article…

  2. Tonya

    I don’t even know why I read these stories by ITM anymore. Like, can someone actually WRITE around here? There is no real story here as to how or who created Mickey. Because Ub’s granddaughter said so, we are to believe that Ub actually created Mickey and got shafted by Walt? I’m not saying that it isn’t true but why do I always leave ITM feeling like my device glitches and didn’t load 3/4 of the story??? C’mon, ITM! Get some real freaking writers in there or school the ones that you currently have at the very least.

    1. Brandy

      This was written on April 1st guys…you know…April Fools day. 🤦🏻‍♀️

      1. No, this is actually true.

    2. Agnes

      Disney did this to everybody. Always took credit where he had none due him.

    3. Jsr

      Yes we’re is the proof that Walt didn’t create mickey mouse Don’t just say crap without backing it up

      1. Another case of libel

        As a lawyer disney can sue for libel for this story as well as many others posted on here over the years…

  3. Randy

    This is a false article. Disney created Mickey, Ub Iwerks may have helped to animate however.

    1. ChasUGC

      You do know that if you work for a company, and they are paying your salary, all creations belong to them. If this person worked for Disney, then his creations belong to Disney by law.

      1. Steve

        Its not so much about who the characters belong to (financially), its about taking creative credit for someone elses work. If you invented a miracle device while on the clock, your company may have claim to the profit it brings in, but the company owner has no right to claim he invented it himself.

    2. Jesse

      Its an April Fools article…

  4. CBC

    Nope, anyone who does some research and not take things at face value duly knows Ub Iwerks created Mickey. If we follow this line of thinking then Tex Avery didn’t create Bugs Bunny. Bob Givens, who did the model sheet for that cartoon, “A Wild Hare,” did

    1. Jsr

      Yeah show proof give me a link

  5. Rick

    And while Iwerks was alive he never legally challenged Walt? Major BS. I’m with Walt and Roy Disney with this one

  6. Adam

    This was posted on April 1. It is an April fools joke.

  7. silversonic1

    This true story, sadly posted on the one day in the year that people can’t trust ANYTHING they see or hear, is actually the inspiration behind a classic episode of The Simpsons. In it, Bart meets a man who claims to have created Itchy & Scratchy. Bart finds out it’s true and helps him take the show’s owners to court. He manages to prove the case by buying a piece of memorabilia from Comic Book Guy to serve as evidence. There’s even a parody of Steamboat Willie in the episode.
    Sadly this has been a very common practice. For instance, comic book companies like Marvel & DC were often taken to court by artists and creators over their rights over their work. It’s still a problem to this day, honestly. It’s an unfortunate result of those with money and power taking advantage of those without.

    1. jal11180

      That is why we need to get rid of all forms of currency and all of their related ilk and stupid copyright laws.

  8. Adam Miller

    There is some truth here.

    All the stories about Walt’s pet mice and inventing Mickey on the train are likely untrue or greatly embellished.

    That Ub was Mickey’s sole creator that Walt simply took credit for is also untrue.

    The best, most credible scenario we can parse out is that Walt came up with the idea for Mickey then did a crude drawing which he then gave to Ub to refine.

    Ub made a mock up sheet (which some historians think Walt even contributed designs to) and then they picked the one they liked best.

    From there Ub and Les Clark (who also stayed from the original crew) set to work animating the famous mouse while Walt came up with storylines and eventually the idea for adding sound.

    1. Johnathan E King

      I like this comment alot and it’s no secret that iwerks and disney made up the mouse we love and admire today they both are the creators of mickey

  9. Zay

    Who cares !!!

    1. jal11180

      You obviously cared enough to read the article, you moron.

      1. Perseus

        Please leave. You are rude and annoying.

  10. Sarai

    So we just take his word for it? Walt is not around to argue back very convenient. Weird he did not say anything sooner.

  11. FG

    This article is a lie. Check Wikipedia. Mickey was Walt’s idea. He did the promotion. Yes, he hired animators

  12. John

    Seeing an awful lot of Disney bashing on Google lately. I wonder why.

  13. Kevin

    How could you make up such a far fetched story.
    First of all the name of the company that all the animators worked for was “Walt Disney”. They got payed well working for Walt Disney.
    Mickey Mouse was Walt Disney’s idea. Mickey Mouse like all the other Disney characters would never have existed if it wasn’t for Watl Disney.
    And while your making a living spreading lies about a dead person.
    Think about how the Disney company has become soulless without his leadership. It no longer holds to its original wholesome values and has become beholding to its soulless board of directors that are driving the company into the ground with their wokeness ideology. Just look at how the stock value has dropped over the last few years. The only reason Disney has the following it enjoys today is only because these people remember and love Walt Disney. You should be ashamed of yourself.

  14. That’s not surprising. That Walt Disney is/was a lying sack of crap. What else is new?

  15. Perseus

    Please leave. You are rude and annoying.

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