No other book in Germany has had such a large print run for so many years. The first issue of Lustiges Taschenbuch came out on October 1st, 1947. This month, 40 years years later, the 260-page monthly pocket book celebrates its anniversary with 4 special issues. The first issue will be reprinted and made available again, and next month’s issue #369 will have a special gold/silver cover and contain 40 extra pages! Each year 13 new issues of Lustiges Taschenbuch are published. If you put all issues on a bookshelf you’ll need a shelf of 5 1/2 meters (18 feet) long to store the more than 360 books that have published so far. That’s nearly 100,000 pages of Disney comic stories!

Visit the LTB official website and see the TV commercial for the 4 special issues on the homepage. Here’s the cover of the first special issue that came out on 19 September.

Today is the 75th birthday of Mickey Mouse’s nephews, Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse. They first appeared in Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse Sunday comic titled ‘Mickey’s Nephews’ on 18 September 1932:

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Blue Sky Disney has a list of live-action and animated feature films that the Walt Disney Company and its movie studios will likely release in the next two years. Among these movies are Pixar’s next CGI film Wall-E (2008), video-game based Prince of Persia (2009) and Jungle Cruise (2009), another adaption of a classic Disneyland ride. Most of the 23 films on the list are already in pre-production and are likely to make it to a theater near you. Read more

Disney.com is already the number-one family destination on the Internet, but traffic has increased steadily after its relaunch in February 2007. Last month was the site’s all-time traffic record with 23.03 million unique visitors, an increase of 24 percent above a year ago and 12 percent over July 2007. Read more

The seven space shuttle astronauts who returned to Earth with Space Shuttle Endeavour on August 21st will be honored in a day of ceremonies at Walt Disney World on September 10th. Check NASA.gov for a schedule of events.

NDTV reports that the Walt Disney Company is quickly securing deals in India to get ready for the release of its Hollywood blockbusters there. Earlier Disney already tied up with Yash Raj films for its animated feature Roadside Romeo. The latest deal is with Shankar Ehsaan Loy for a Bollywood touch on High School Musical. Read more