The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869-1934), this small and restless sleeper inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed to Slumberland, a dream realm of colorful companions, elaborate architecture, psychedelic scenery, and thrilling adventures.Winsor McCay's Little Nemo 1905-1909 collects, in glorious full color, all 220 of Nemo's nocturnal escapades from the period 1905 to 1909. Review Quotes TASCHEN has done connoisseurs of fantasy and fine cartooning a grand service.Little Nemo may be a diminutive hero of comic narrative but he sure stands tall as one of the greatest voyagers of the 20th century.

At once an adventure story, visual delight, and piece of cultural history, this publication is a tremendous monument to one of the most innovative pioneers-and one of the most intrepid explorers-of comic history. media and entertainment industry, and explores the immense art historical value of McCays dream narrative. In the illustrated essay, art historian and comics expert Alexander Braun places Winsor McCays life and work within the cultural history of the U.S. TASCHENs sumptuous Winsor McCay - The Complete Little Nemo collects, in full, glorious color, all 549 episodes of Little Nemo. Nemos creator Winsor McCay was a founding figure in the modern American entertainment industry, above all with his revolutionary comics, which set standards for panel layout and storytelling technique, timing and pacing, and architectural and other detail that left an inestimable influence on subsequent artists, including Robert Crumb and Federico Fellini. The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869-1934), restless sleeper Nemo inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed to Slumberland, a realm of colorful companions, psychedelic scenery, and thrilling escapades. Book Synopsis Meet Little Nemo, a diminutive hero of comic narrative, but one of the greatest dream voyagers of the 20th century.

This sparkling reprint includes all 549 of Nemos nighttime escapades through Slumberland alongside a 140-page illustrated essay from art historian Alexander Braun. About the Book Though a diminutive hero of comic narrative, Winsor McCays Little Nemo is one of the greatest cultural phenomenons in early 20th-century media and entertainment history.

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