Editing Ub Iwerks (section)

== Early life ==
Iwerks was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]].{{sfn |Lenburg |1993 |p=[https://archive.org/details/greatcartoondire00lenb/page/24/mode/2up 25]}} His father was born in the village of [[Uttum]] in [[East Frisia]] (northwest Germany, today part of the municipality of [[Krummhörn]]) and emigrated to the United States in 1869 around the age of 14.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ub Iwerks {{!}} American Animator and Special-Effects Technician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ub-Iwerks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910084220/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ub-Iwerks |archive-date=September 10, 2017 |access-date=December 26, 2021 |website=[[Britannica.com]] |language=en}}</ref> The elder Iwerks, who worked as a barber, had fathered and abandoned several previous wives and children. When Ub was a teenager, his father abandoned him as well, forcing the boy to drop out of school and work to support his mother. Iwerks despised his father and never spoke of him; upon learning that he had died, he reportedly said, "Throw him in a ditch."{{sfn |Iwerks |Kenworthy |2001 |p=134}} He attended Ashland Grammar School, graduating in 1914.{{sfn |Lenburg |1993 |p=[https://archive.org/details/greatcartoondire00lenb/page/24/mode/2up 25]}}  Ub's full name, Ubbe Ert Iwwerks, can be seen on early ''[[Alice Comedies]]'' that he signed. Several years later, he simplified his name to "Ub Iwerks", sometimes written as "U.B. Iwerks".{{efn|For example in the opening credits of ''[[Little Black Sambo (film)|Little Black Sambo]]'' (1935)}}