When “Steamboat Willie” premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York City on November 18, 1928, audiences had no idea that they were witnessing the birth of a global icon, the reinvention of animated storytelling, and a pivotal moment in the cultural history of the 20th century. It was just an eight-minute black-and-white cartoon, shown …
I wasn’t planning on stopping. I wasn’t planning on rubbernecking. I definitely wasn’t planning on doing the kind of thing you’re explicitly warned not to do in driver’s ed. But there I was, rolling along the San Diego waterfront, when two floating cities casually appeared in my peripheral vision and my brain made an executive …
