Issue #57 July 1997

Hercules: Having the Strength to Soar - On the surface, it seems like the folks at Walt Disney have done it all over the years, turning children's books (101 Dalmatians), fairy tales (Beauty and the Beast), adult novels (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and even real-life historical figures (Pocahontas) into much-loved, incredibly successful animated feature films. But oddly enough, they had never tapped into mythology, a natural source for artistic inspiration, until they hit on the story for their 35th animated feature, this summer's Hercules.