What the &%$#?! Jim Korkis is leaving JimHillMedia.com? Sad but true, folks. Read all the depressing details here....

Jim Korkis contributes yet another great column to JHM. This time around, Korkis reveals some seldom-told tales about Disney's trip to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. Where (shades of "Mission: Space") Walt actually got to pilot his very own simulator....

Jim Korkis concludes his two part story about Ub Iwerks, the secret genius of Walt Disney Studios....

It's another special weekend treat for JHM readers as Jim Korkis starts up a new two part story about Ub Iwerks, one of the more intriguing -- and least understood -- figures in Disney Company history....

Jim Korkis returns with even more intriguing tales from Toontown. This time around he reveals how Bullwinkle inspired Tom Clancy, how Daffy Duck helped an epileptic and why there wasn't enough room for both Orson Welles and Walt Disney at Disney Studios. (Insert your own fat joke here.)...

Instead of posting the usual Jim Hill Thursday book review, Jim invited Jim Korkis to fill in JHM readers on a long-promised Disney studio history book that (sadly) won't be turning up at a bookstore near you anytime soon....

Jim Korkis contributes a fond remembrance of the late Leon Janzen, the co-founder of "The 'E' Ticket" magazine ... ...

Jim concludes his "Uncensored Mouse" story by publishing the intros that he wrote to those issues that Disney's lawyers refused to allow Malibu Graphics to publish. There's lots of really interesting Disney history to be found here....

Jim Korkis returns with yet another multi-part story about comic books. This time around, it's a tale about the Malibu Graphics group, a company that wanted to reprint classic Mickey Mouse comic strips from the 1930s. It's just too bad that Disney's lawyers had other ideas....

Today, JimHillMedia.com pays tribute to two giants of the entertainment industry. First up, it's Jim Korkis with a very informative piece about Bob Hope's various connections to the vast Disney empire ......

From Steamboat Willie right up to the Disney Wonder. Jim Korkis returns with a wonderful new column about the enormous role that ships and the sea have played in Disney Company history. ...

JimHillMedia.com takes flight today ... as Jim Korkis returns with a great new column about the Walt Disney Company's corporate planes ......

Jim Korkis returns with the tale of Paul Castle, the very small man who filled some very big shoes. Mickey Mouse's, to be exact....

Our six-day-long Jim Korkis marathon concludes with the return of his popular "Animation Anecdotes" column. This time around, Jim spills some secrets about what Marlene Dietrich really thought of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," why Dickie Jones almost drowned while doing voice work on "Pinocchio" and where animator Andreas Deja found his inspiration for Gaston in "Beauty and the Beast."...

Our Jim Korkis festival continues with an article about unauthorized uses of Disney's cartoon characters, particularly Roger Rabbit's lovely -- and ever-lovin' -- wife, the curvaceous Jessica Rabbit....

If you're a Disney history buff, you've probably seen this story referred to -- albeit briefly -- in various authorized Walt Disney biographies. But Jim Korkis now delivers a full-blown account of the events leading up to Walt's controversial October 1497 appearance in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities....

Looking for something special to do the next time you're visiting Walt Disney World? Then take along this challenging quiz crafted by JHM's own kwazy quizmaster, Jim Korkis....

Following up on his "Hound of the Baskerville" story, Jim Korkis offers up another column about Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective in literary history and his more more artistic representations....

No, this isn't a story about "The Great Mouse Detective." Jim Korkis returns with a great new column about what many consider to be the very best of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel-length Sherlock Holmes adventures....

As a special weekend treat for JimHillMedia.com readers, Jim Korkis cooks up a history of the American comic book industry. In part one, Jim takes us back to the early, early days. When it was "The Yellow Kid" and "Mutt & Jeff" that tickled the American funny bone....

With this installment, Jim Korkis concludes his three part series about the real first lady of animation. This time around, Jim talks about a number of modern era Betty Boop projects that never quite made it off the drawing board....

Jim Korkis continues his series on the first lady of animation, Betty Boop. In this installment, Korkis recalls Betty's heyday in the mid-1930s ... as well as her unlikely career revival in the late 1960s....

Jim Korkis returns with a new three part series on the true first lady of animation, Betty Boop. In this first part, Korkis introduces us to the animated star who gained notoriety -- and popularity -- because of her connection with sex....

Are you a friend of Dorothy's? Well, even if you're not, you're sure to enjoy this column of Jim Korkis', which details the many different forms that L. Frank Baum's fabulous fantasy has taken over the years....

Join Jim Korkis now for the exciting conclusion of yesterday's intriguing tale. Here's one Hollywood-related story that really shouldn't have ended up on the cutting room floor....