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Mickey Mouse is a comic animal
cartoon character who has become an icon for The
Walt Disney Company. Mickey Mouse was created in
1928 by Walt Disney and UBS Ewers and voiced by Walt
Disney. The Walt Disney Company celebrates his birth
as November 18, 1928 upon the release of Steamboat
Willie. The anthropomorphic mouse has evolved from
being simply a character in animated cartoons and
comic strips to become one of the most recognizable
symbols in the world. Mickey is currently the main
character in the Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney
series "The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse."
Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago
Illinois, to his father Elias Disney, and mother
Flora Call Disney. Walt was one of five children,
four boys and a girl.
After Walt's birth, the Disney family moved to
Marceline Missouri, Walt lived most of his childhood
here.
Walt had very early interests in art, he would often
sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. He
pursued his art career, by studying art and
photography by going to McKinley High School in
Chicago.
Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and
wildlife, and family and community, which were a
large part of agrarian living. Though his father
could be quite stern, and often there was little
money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older
brother, Roy to pursue his talents.
During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist
for military service. Rejected because he was under
age, only sixteen years old at the time. Instead,
Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas to
France, where he spent a year driving an ambulance
and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance
was covered from stem to stern, not with stock
camouflage, but with Disney cartoons.
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