Q: Dear, Dave. I noticed that Charles Muntz, the villain in Disney-Pixar’s Up, shares a name remarkably similar to that of Walt Disney’s Universal distributor, Charles Mintz. Is there any direct relationship is this sheer coincidence? Also, is it true that the character was based off of Errol Flynn?
Jared, Terre Haute, Indiana
A: According to designer Albert Lozano, “If you were to blend Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Howard Hughes, and Walt Disney into one heroic 1930s man” you would come up with Charles Muntz. I have never heard that the name was based on Charles Mintz.
Dave Smith