His name was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character Disney dreamed up ... The Oswald series featured the first cartoons produced by Universal, who released 26 shorts starring the happy hare ...

People immediately latched onto the cartoon rabbit’s personality and the films boosted the Disney brothers to hire a studio of 20 staff members. Sadly, Oswald’s career as the star of the ...

28 November 2011 • 8:53am Hungry Hobos was made in 1928 and starred Oswald the Lucky Rabbit who was the prototype of Mickey Mouse Credit: Photo: BNPS The cartoon, called Hungry Hobos ...