The Murder of Steamboat Willie by Nation of Animation

Atlanta Fringe Audio

Steamboat Willie, the iconic cartoon that launched Disney’s empire, has entered the public domain. He’s also been MURDERED! Ryan and Brooke, lifelong cartoon fans with unfulfilling day jobs, take it upon themselves to solve this unsolvable case of mouseslaughter – and their investigation will take them into a sordid, strange world of two-dimensional two-timing, cartoonish corruption, and monochrome mystery.They’ll encounter public domain figures with a potential axe to grind with Steamboat Willie, from Captain Pete to Tigger to the mythical Hercules himself. What happens to a character when they enter the public domain? What does it mean to be an intellectual property? And how could any of this be worth killing someone over? The answers may shake Ryan and Brooke’s faith in cartoons, authorship, and the public domain itself.

Enjoy the show's transcript at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tndmh5ga0wRwqoBhiwccV39rVUpnlJX_xHtCGQSgbfU/edit?usp=sharing Company website https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nation-of-animation--4732460 Company Instagram and Twitter handle @cartoonbookclub Donate on Venmo: @nationofanimation

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