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Line 25: In the spring of 1928, Disney lost control of the Oswald character, and much of his staff was hired away; Disney left Universal soon afterwards.<ref name="gabler109">Neal Gabler, "Walt Disney:The Triumph of the American Imagination" (2006), p. 109.</ref> Disney asked Ub Iwerks, who stayed on, to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of frogs, dogs, and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were created at this time by Iwerks, but were also rejected. They would later turn up as [[Clarabelle Cow]] and [[Horace Horsecollar]].<ref>Kenworthy, John; ''The Hand Behind the Mouse,'' Disney Editions: New York, 2001. p. 53.</ref> Ub Iwerks eventually got inspiration from an old drawing. In 1925, [[Hugh Harman]] drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney, eventually called [[Mickey Mouse]].<ref>Kenworthy, John; ''The Hand Behind the Mouse,'' Disney Editions: New York, 2001. p. 54.</ref> Thus, in a very real sense, Iwerks can be called the true creator of [[Mickey Mouse]] because Iwerks, and not Disney, originated the character. The first few Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies cartoons were animated almost entirely by Iwerks. However, as Iwerks began to draw more and more cartoons on a daily basis, he soon found himself unable to cope under Disney's harsh command;<ref name="gabler143">Neal Gabler, "Walt Disney:The Triumph of the American Imagination" (2006), p. 143.</ref> Iwerks also felt he wasn't getting the credit he deserved for drawing all of Walt's successful cartoons.<ref name="gabler144">Neal Gabler, "Walt Disney:The Triumph of the American Imagination" (2006), p. 144.</ref> Eventually, Iwerks and Disney had a falling out; their friendship and working partnership were severed when Iwerks accepted a contract with aDisney competitor [[Pat Powers (businessman)\|Pat Powers]] to leave Disney and start an animation studio under his own name. (Powers and Disney had an earlier falling-out over Disney's use of the Powers Cinephone [[sound-on-film]] system -- actually copied by Powers from [[Lee De Forest\|DeForest]] [[Phonofilm]] without credit -- in early Disney cartoons.) [[Image:Sinbadthesailor01.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|<center>Sinbad the Sailor - 1935</center>]] The Iwerks Studio opened in 1930. Financial backers led by [[Pat Powers (businessman)\|Pat Powers]] suspected that Iwerks was responsible for much of Disney's early success. However, while animation for a time suffered at Disney from Iwerks' departure, it soon rebounded as Disney brought in talented new young animators.