Little Nemo in Slumberland (Volume 1

by Winsor McCay, Wirton Arvel (Editor)

Little Nemo is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. Nemo was originally the protagonist of the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland . The full-page weekly strip depicted Nemo having fantastic dreams that were interrupted by his awakening in the final panel. The strip is considered McCay's masterpiece for its experiments with the form of the comics page, its use of color, its timing and pacing, the size and shape of its panels, perspective, architectural and other detail.

Little Nemo in Slumberland ran in the New York Herald from October 15, 1905, until July 23, 1911; the strip was renamed In the Land of Wonderful Dreams when McCay brought it to William Randolph Hearst's New York American, where it ran from July 18, 1911 until July 26, 1914. When McCay returned to the Herald in 1924, he revived the strip, and it ran under its original title from Aug 3, 1924, until December 26, 1926, when McCay returned to Hearst.

☛ This ebook contains the first 15 original strips , published from October 15, 1905 – January 21, 1906, made of 210 drawings .

To make these wonderful strips readable, usable and enjoyable by devices with low resolution and/or small screens, each strip is displayed two as single panel preview, and with all drawings of comic strips, originally arranged in interrelated panels, displayed separately .
And all balloons and captions text are transcribed as normal Book text after each drawing .

* Rotate your device in landscape mode when drawings are larger than high could enhance their visualization.

339 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 29, 2014

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.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Format was odd

The illustrations were beautiful but the formatting was odd. It made the story very choppy and difficult to follow at times.

[Shenanitims · Rating 3 out of 5]

I agree with Beth's review here, that the formating here is strange and retracts from the work itself. While the story itself is great, it seems as if little to no work went into making McCay's work come to life digitally. I'd love to grab the paperbacks, but overseas digital is the only way to go.