Early Works, Vol. 4

Early Works- Winsor McCay #4

by Winsor McCay

The fourth installment in Checker's eleven-volume treasury focuses on McCay's strip work of early 1908, and continues to present his editorial cartoons, spot illustrations and other works for the New York papers.

Genres: Comics

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 5, 2005

About the author

Was an American cartoonist and animator, best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (begun 1905) and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For legal reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.
A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades. His comic strip work has influenced generations of artists, including creators such as William Joyce, André LeBlanc, Moebius, Maurice Sendak, Chris Ware and Bill Watterson.