Walt Disney Coloring Pages - Kristoff Bjorgman, Princess Anna, Queen Elsa & Olaf

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey souris to Hercules by
John Grant

Walt Disney Character description of Jafar from "Aladdin" (1993)

The evil vizier is represented as a caricature villain - he has a long thin face, a curly black wisp of beard, two great spikes of something sticking out from shoulders of his customary garb, an unpleasant habit of hypnotizing people, a sinister voice, and very much more. However, the exaggeration works: the characterization is such that we early become fully aware of his evil, and we cheer when he gets his deserved comeuppance. Much...

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey souris to Hercules by
John Grant

Walt Disney Character description of Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty" (1959)

Of all the characters in Sleeping Beauty, the one that everyone remembers, even decades later, is the wicked fairy Maleficent. She is one of the finest creations ever to come out of the Disney studio - and the brilliant transformation of her into the Dragon to fight Phillip merely adds to the strength of the characterization. Even her name - a wonderful combination of "malice" and "malevolent" - testifies to her pure evil....