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  I recently added to my Walt Disney biography collection with an autographed copy of the just-released paperback edition of The Animated Man:  A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier.

It’s a bargain for less than $15 at Amazon (link).

Barrier has always been one of my heroes and was the inspiration for me to start writing articles on animation history many decades ago when his legendary Funnyworld magazine was being published.  The paperback edition is a special treat because he has made corrections and additions to the previously published hardback edition (that is also in my permanent library).

However, there weren’t that many corrections and additions to be made because Barrier has a reputation for accuracy.  Despite the hype surrounding other recent Disney biographies, some folks forget that Barrier began his interviews and research in 1969, almost 40 years ago, and had full access to the Disney Archive