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Winsor McCay (Zenas Winsor McKay) American Artist & cartoonist

Winsor McCay (Zenas Winsor McKay) American Artist & cartoonist. COMICS / DRAWINGS. Tales of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle (1903). Hand-colored drawings and painted (1903) 1 st Sunday colored feature (Enquirer) 1 st comic strip he made

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Winsor McCay (Zenas Winsor McKay) American Artist & cartoonist

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  1. Winsor McCay (Zenas Winsor McKay) American Artist & cartoonist

  2. COMICS / DRAWINGS

  3. Tales of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle (1903) Hand-colored drawings and painted (1903) 1st Sunday colored feature (Enquirer) 1st comic strip he made full-page illustrated stories are based on poems written by George Randolph Chester about pixies and the imaginary animals they encounter

  4. All these got him a job offer in NY which he took . 5 of the original drawings were found (finder remains anonymous) until January 2006 none of the original drawings created by McCay had been seen for more than a century.

  5. Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend (1904) the premise was that each strip would involve ordinary folks in increasingly surreal events, until the final panel revealed that the whole strip was a dream brought on by the dreamer's having eaten too much Welsh RAREBIT the night before. A person finds himself trapped in an increasingly bizarre adventure that turns out to be a nightmare caused by indigestion Featured fantasy art Woman dreams that she’s given away Masonic Secrets. Ink/pen

  6. a guy dreams that everyone in the world comes down with “Elk Hornitis” Ink/pen these were his most successful strip and ran until 1911

  7. Little Sammy Sneeze (1904) Each set was six panels and always ended the same, which was Little Sammy sneezing. Ink/pen

  8. Little Nemo in Slumberland (1905) He is well-known for this series and ran til 1914 7 volumes of books for this series alone He created an animation for it About dreams (in this case Nemo’s dreams) Always ended with Nemo waking up Hand drawn with color and pen

  9. ANIMATIONS

  10. Little Nemo (1909) • McCay did 4000 hand-drawings for this animation • What he is most well-known for • Based on the strip he created

  11. Gertie the Dinosaur (1909) classified by film and animation historians as the first cartoon character created especially for film to display a unique, realistic "personality" 1st commercial successful animated cartoon Gertie causes trouble and cries when she is scolded, and finally she gives McCay himself a ride on her back as he steps into the movie picture Hand drawn

  12. Other animations/films • How a mosquito operates (1909) • The Sinking of the Lusitania (1917) • The Flying House (1920) –last one

  13. books • 7 volumes for Little Nemo • 8 volumes of his Early Works • Little Nemo & Little Sammy- Sunday Press • Daydreams & Nigtmares Fantagraphics • The Best of Little Nemo series • And many more

  14. Links • http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/mccay.htm • http://lambiek.net/artists/m/mccay.htm • http://www.imagesjournal.com/2004/reviews/winsormccay/text.htm • http://cartoons.osu.edu/imps.html • http://www.checkerbpg.com/books_vintage/Winsor_McCay_Bio2.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsor_McCay#Works

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