Oswald the Lucky Rabbit ain't Disney. That is, he was created by Walt, sold to (I believe) RKO or maybe Universal (or, at least, Universal gained ownership at some point if I recall), then -- just recently -- the Walt Disney Co. purchased the rights back. Well, no, they didn’t really purchase them. But Uni and Dis were arguing over the rights to something or other, and Disney said “We’ll give you THIS, if you give us THAT and Oswald.” And Universal (or whatever company it was) agreed.
We might see Oswald, but we'll probably see Clarabell cow, some characters created by Carl Barks for his Scrooge comics, and, perhaps even more likely, some fogotten villains. (Would love to see the Phantom Blot.) |