As hinted previously, running the journal is a lot of work: even with three Chief Editors to share the load, but even they could not do this alone. So, without further ado, we wanted to introduce the incoming class of Associate Editors - performing a variety of roles and duties, and special moves!

The Editors made the difficult decision to call off the rescue at this time, until they can locate the roughly five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantasticatrillion dollars and sixteen cents that would be required to pull it off. Instead, we will move ahead with a replacement.

Unfortunate news: Assistant Editor Goofy accidentally attached his suspenders to Artemis II. He has apparently been slingshotted into the Moon's orbit, so we're hoping that he will return in the near future, but meantime, we will prepare a rescue mission. Please watch this space for updates.

...Tan brings their specific expertise, incorporating personal illustrations of character expressions to examine how the animation functions. In doing so, they evoke the grand tradition of James Stuart Blackton's "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" (1906). Read more here: doi.org/10.1386/ijds...

...Considering the role of the piazza, the Vespa, Italian folklore, and more, the article positions Luca as a remedy for Disney's prior sins of problematic portrayals of Italians, locating a key juncture of representation, Italian Studies, and Disney Studies.

A key finding: audiences choose this, as "it offers a mediated experience, rather than a real encounter with the ‘sublime’." Disney's Animal Kingdom can serve a positive force of decolonizing approaches to the wilderness, and even Yetis have something valuable to say.

Part VI: Susan E. Swanberg takes us for ride with "Revisiting Disney’s The Living Desert: A Documentary or A Wildlife Fable Filmed in A Mythical Desert?" considering one of the perennial questions of documentary film and of Disney writ large... intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

Part V: Evan Nooe charts the development of Disney Springs with "Making History at Disney Springs: Florida’s Past as Themed Tourism," examining the ways in which it incorporated different architectural styles from... intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

With all the @disnet.bsky.social acceptances going out today, a reminder: we are always accepting submissions - while the call for the inaugural issue is closed, we are still open for new approaches, and there is always room for one more...and it could be you! intellectbooks.com/ijds

Journal Update: we received a LOT of amazing submissions for our inaugural issue...so many that our reviewers are going to need extra time to go through them all. We will continue updating this space to talk about the process, and we should have acceptances out in the coming months!