Archive for August, 2006

Micky Maus has had a huge cultural and educational influence on German society in the last 55 years. Since the first issue of weekly Micky Maus magazine came out on 29 August 1951, generations have learnt new words and expanded their vocabulary from reading the fantastic adventures of Mickey Mouse and his friends. Nobody had thought that the magazine would become what it is today; over 90% of Germans have heard of Micky Maus magazine, and half of the German population today have learnt to read with it. More »

I hope you like the new and refreshed look of Disney Comics Worldwide. The new site is bolder, brighter and bigger. The most obvious change is that the pages are wider and the text size is larger, which makes it easier to read, but I have also added a few small improvements here and there, for instance: each title page now has a ‘Leave a comment’ section; the list of titles on the country pages can be instantly switched between all, active and cancelled; the list of titles on the comic pages is hidden, but can be expanded, and I have optimised the source code and many of the images so that the pages are much smaller in size and thus will load faster. More »