winsor mccay Archives

Such as three original pages from over a hundred years ago by Winsor McCay from his Little Nemo In Slumberland and Rarebit Fiends strips from the Sunday papers Real history in your hands from one of the masters of cartooning, the earliest of animator innovators, and an early example of what would be seen a[...]

What would be the best way to do one of them?" I suppose my thinking was that, in terms of kinetic movement within a still comic book page, we have never bested Winsor McCay As an animator, as one of the fathers of modern animation, McCay was ingeniously using the comics page to give a[...]

By Nikolai Fomich Josh O’Neill believes in comics. He believes in their ability to produce jaw-dropping and original humor. He believes in their power to

With the original artwork from the massively successful Kickstarter-funded and massive in size tome Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream on the walls of the Society building, as well as orignal Winsor McCay art to accompany it, until March 28th, the Philadelphia-based team on the book out of Locust Moon Comics and the New York-based institution[...]

The Society of Illustrators in New York hosted the opening of the Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream exhibit, a celebration of the artwork from the critically acclaimed large-format art book that pays homage to the work of Winsor McCay on February 18th The exhibit also included original artwork by McCay to ornament the collection. For those[...]

By Julz Hendricks Based on the beloved works of Winsor McCay, Little Nemo Returns to Slumberland to takes us on an grand Adventure This fairy tale-esque style story gives us a fresh, modern take on McCay's strips that ran in the New York Herald from 1905 to 1911 This fantasy begins with King Morpheus's wise men[...]

This all new anthology features strips inspired by Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland and boasts some of the greatest cartoonists working in comics today As this Kickstarter campaign nears its end, eight contributors to Dream Another Dream gave their thoughts on what makes this book extraordinary. David Mack: From David Mack's Strip "Winsor McCay created an[...]

Together with Locust Moon's Editor-in-Chief Andrew Carl, Josh and Chris have gathered the greatest talents working in comics today to produce a truly extraordinary anthology. Josh O'Neill Holding James Harvey's Page Nikolai Fomich: Who was Winsor McCay, and what role did he play in the development of American comic art? Josh O'Neill: Winsor McCay was one of the[...]

Inspired by cartooning and animation pioneer Winsor McCay's classic Little Nemo in Slumberland, this original work will revisit McCay's Slumberland world and feature "an almost impossibly star-studded lineup of over one hundred cartoonists and illustrators including Mike Allred, Bill Sienkiewicz, Paul Pope, Peter Bagge, J.H Williams III, John Cassaday, J.G Jones, Craig Thompson, Yuko Shimizu,[...]

By Nikolai Fomich Locust Moon Press's Josh O'Neil, Chris Stevens, and Andrew Carl have put together a fabulous collection of comic art talent to celebrate the first great master of comic art himself, Winsor McCay, and his seminal comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland This all-star roster of artists includes J G Jones, Paul Pope, Mike Allred,[...]

IDW continues its treasure trove of SDCC announcements, this time bringing us new stories of Little Nemo from multiple Eisner winner Eric Shanower and Eisner nominee Gabriel Rodriguez.   As one of the most influential comic strips of all time, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland™ could only return if a creative team with a true affinity for[...]

I love it when a Google Doodle is comic-related, and this one is rather amazing — an animated Google Doodle honoring the 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland  You should be able to see it if it's October 15 where you are. McCay's work in general and Little Nemo in specific has been[...]