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...story on TRON-and on the Disney studios that produced it- was written by TIME Contributor Richard Schickel. A film critic for 17 years, Schickel is also the author of 16 books, including an authoritative, independent study of Walt Disney and his organization, entitled The Disney Version...
Reporting on the story took me into the world of magic that Walt Disney originally created, revealing something of where the wizardry had come from, and where it might be going...
...business is Walt Kelly 64, who opened the shop four years ago when he tired of professional banking. He declines to discuss finances but acknowledges that the business keeps him alive. And well it should for many of the items are well beyond the financial means of the curious visitor. Autographs sell for $10.00 and up Yearbooks follow a similar price range...
...attract him to the sport. "It was so great; I just thought it was so impressive . . . being a fighter." So he gathered his courage and went out for Golden Gloves. "When I won the first time [age 16, a lanky middleweight], it came over the announcements at school [Walt Whitman High]. Sitting in homeroom, I got goose bumps all over my arms and legs...
...even a byline -Barks drew something like 500 duck sto ries. He modified Donald's splenetic film characterization and, in 1947, created Scrooge for a special Christmas issue. The old geezer proved so popular that he began to star in his own stories in 1952, each one billed "Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge." It was collectors who first discovered Barks himself. The artist's narrative skills would have made him a stand out, but the detail of his drawing was what elevated him to the status of pop father figure. All his early jobs gave...