Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay (1871-1934) that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst's New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905 – April 23, 1911 and April 30 1911–1913; respectively. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist Winsor McCay ( September 26 1867 (? – July 26 1934) was an American Cartoonist and Animator. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924 For other people named William Randolph Hearst see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation William Randolph Hearst I (April 29 1863 &ndash The New York Journal American was a Newspaper published from 1937 to 1966 Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The strip was first called Little Nemo in Slumberland and then In the Land of Wonderful Dreams when it changed papers. A brief revival of the title occurred from 1924-27.
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Although a comic strip, it was far from a simple children's fantasy; it was often dark, surreal, threatening, and even violent. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members The strip related the dreams of a little boy: Nemo (meaning "nobody" in Latin), the hero. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The last panel in each strip was always one of Nemo waking up, usually in or near his bed, and often being scolded (or comforted) by one of the grownups of the household after crying out in his sleep and waking them. In the earliest strips, the dream event that woke him up would always be some mishap or disaster that seemed about to lead to serious injury or death, such as being crushed by giant mushrooms, being turned into a monkey, falling from a bridge being held up by "slaves", or gaining 90 years in age. A mushroom is the fleshy Spore -bearing Fruiting body of a Fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys two of the three groupings of Simian Primates the third group being As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Senescence refers to the biological processes of a living Organism approaching an advanced age (i The adventures leading to these disasters all had a common purpose: to get to Slumberland, where he had been summoned by King Morpheus, to be the "playmate" of his daughter, the Princess. King Morpheus is the king of Slumberland as depicted in the Little Nemo comics the anime movie in 1989 and the Nintendo game Princess Camille is a character in the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay.
Sometime during early 1906, Nemo did indeed reach the gates of Slumberland, but had to go through about four months of troubles to reach the Princess. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting His problem was that he kept being awakened by Flip, who wore a hat with "Wake Up" written on it. Flip is a character in the Comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland. One sight of Flip's hat was enough to take Nemo back to the land of the living during these early days. Although at first an enemy, Flip went on to become one of the recurring heroes. A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and The others included: Dr. Pill, The Imp, the Candy Kid and Santa Claus as well as the Princess and King Morpheus. The Imp is a character in Winsor McCay 's comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland. The Candy Kid is a 1917 film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast Billy West Ethel Cassity Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply " Santa " is the
The "Slumberland" of the title soon acquired a double meaning, referring not only to Morpheus's fairy kingdom, but to the state of sleep itself: Nemo would have dream-adventures in other imaginary lands, on the Moon and Mars, and in our own "real" world, made fantastic by the dream-state.
The strip was not a great popular success in its time. Most readers preferred the slapstick antics of such strips as Katzenjammer Kids, Happy Hooligan, and Buster Brown to the surreal fantasy of Nemo, and other comic strips like Krazy Kat. Happy Hooligan was a popular and influential early American Comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper. Buster Brown was a Comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Felton Outcault which was known for his association with the Brown Shoe Company Krazy Kat is a Comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U However, during the late 20th century and early 21st century, the strip received more recognition. Among the most noticeable of its qualities were its intricate visual style — often with high levels of background detail — its vivid colours, fast pace of movement from panel to panel and the huge variety of strange characters and scenery.
Certain episodes of the strip are particularly famous. Any list of these would have to include the Night of the Living Houses (said to be the first comic strip to enter the collection of the Louvre) where Nemo and a friend are chased down a city street by a gang of tenement houses on legs; the Walking Bed, where Nemo and Flip ride over the rooftops on the increasingly long limbs of Nemo's bed (see illustration); and the Befuddle Hall sequence, where Nemo and his friends attempt to find their way out of a funhouse environment of a Beaux Arts interior turned topsy-turvy. The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France McCay's mastery of perspective, and the extreme elegance of his line work, make his visions graphically wondrous. The eccentric dialogue is delivered in a dreamy deadpan, and often appears to be hastily jammed into tiny word balloons that can scarcely contain it. A typical line: "Whoever named this place Befuddle Hall knew his business! I am certainly befuddled. "
The strips, along with most of the rest of McCay's works, fell into the public domain in most of the world on January 1, 2005, 70 years after McCay's death (see Copyright and the EU's Directive harmonizing the term of copyright protection for details). The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights is a European Union directive in the field of All of the works published before 1923 are in the public domain in the United States. The complete set of Little Nemo strips is available in a single volume from Taschen: Little Nemo 1905-1914 (ISBN 3-8228-6300-9), leaving out only the later revival from the 1920s, which is still under copyright in the U. S.
110 of the most famous strips have been reprinted in their original size and colors in the 2005 collection Little Nemo in Slumberland, So Many Splendid Sundays, a 16x21 inch hardcover book from Sunday Press Books.
Adaptations
In theater
An 'operatic spectacle' was based on the strip, with music by Victor Herbert (composer of Babes in Toyland) and lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Little Nemo The Dream Master (known as in Japan is a Platform game released on the NES in 1990 by Capcom. Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland, known in Japan as simply Little Nemo, is an award-winning Animated film directed by Masami Victor August Herbert ( February 1 1859 &ndash May 26 1924) was a Cellist, conductor and Composer best known Babes in Toyland is an Operetta composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Glen MacDonough (1870 - 1924 which wove together various characters Harry B Smith ( December 28, 1860 &ndash January 2, 1936) was a renowned and prolific Writer, Lyricist, and This lavish production opened on October 20, 1908 in the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, ran for 111 performances, and closed January 23, 1909. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The opera introduced a new character called 'the dancing missionary', who was to appear in several episodes of the comic strip during 1909, and the word whiffenpoof. The Yale Whiffenpoofs are the oldest collegiate ''a cappella'' group in the United States established in 1909
As of spring 2007, an operatic adaptation of the comic strip is in the early stages of production and will be presented in spring 2009 by the Sarasota Opera. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Sarasota Opera is a professional opera company in Sarasota Florida, USA which owns and performs in the now-renovated 1200-seat Sarasota Opera House. The Opera's composer is officially the Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Ned Rorem. Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is an American Composer and diarist. It will be performed by the Opera's Youth Opera, which consists of singers aged 8-18.
In film
James Stuart Blackton and Winsor McCay directed a ten minute short film based on the comic strip, of which two minutes were animated. James Stuart Blackton ( January 5, 1875 - August 13, 1941) usually known as J Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames The film was first released on April 8, 1911. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The first animated effort of McCay, it later achieved the status of an early animated classic. Its on screen title is Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N. Y. Herald and his Moving Comics, but it is usually referred to as Little Nemo.
In 1984, John Boorman and Arnaud Sélignac produced and directed a film called Nemo or Dream One starring Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel and Carole Bouquet. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) John Boorman (born January 18, 1933) is an English filmmaker currently based in Ireland best known for his feature films such as Point Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11 1963) is an actor who was born in London. Harvey Keitel (born 13 May 1939 is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French Actress and Fashion model. It involves a little boy called Nemo who also wears pajamas and travels to a fantasy world, but otherwise the connection to McCay's strip is a loose one. In this film the fantasy world is a dark and dismal beach, and Nemo encounters characters from other works of fiction rather than those from the original strip. Instead of Flip or the Princess, Nemo meets Zorro, Alice, and Jules Verne's Nautilus (which was led by Captain Nemo) (see IMDB entry). Zorro (originally called Señor Zorro) is a Fictional character created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley. Alice is a Fictional character in the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its Sequel Through the Looking-Glass, Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction The Nautilus is the fictional Submarine featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870 and Captain Nemo is a Fictional character featured in Jules Verne 's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870 and The Mysterious
An animated feature film entitled Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (known simply as "Nemo" in Japan) was finally released in Japan in July 1989 and in the US on August 21, 1992. Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland, known in Japan as simply Little Nemo, is an award-winning Animated film directed by Masami For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) It was directed by Masami Hata, Masanori Hata and William T. Hurtz from a screenplay by Chris Columbus and Richard Outten. Christopher 'Chris' Columbus (born September 10 1958, Spangler Pennsylvania) is an American filmmaker Richard Outten is an American Screenwriter who works in both motion pictures and television Originally conceived in 1982, this Japanese-American co-production had a long and tumultuous history which included a 1984 pilot by Ghibli director Yoshifumi Kondō. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese Animation Film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten. Yoshifumi Kondō (近藤喜文 Kondō Yoshifumi) ( March 31, 1950 &ndash January 21, 1998) was a Japanese animator that worked for [1] Though regarded as a commercial failure in the States, it nevertheless went on to be nominated for and won several industry awards for its brilliant animation quality. The film was released on DVD in October 2004. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is October 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September -
In other media
Likely motivated by the recent animated film, in 1990, Capcom produced a video game for the NES, titled Little Nemo: The Dream Master (known as Pajama Hero Nemo in Japan). Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) For the original NASA meaning see capsule communicator. is a leading Japanese International developer A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by Little Nemo The Dream Master (known as in Japan is a Platform game released on the NES in 1990 by Capcom. That same year, an arcade game called simply Nemo was also released. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment
Throughout the years, various pieces of Little Nemo merchandise have been produced. In 1941, Rand, McNally & Co. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. published a Little Nemo children's storybook. Little Nemo in Slumberland in 3-D was released by Blackthorne Publishing in 1987; this reprinted Little Nemo issues with 3-D glasses. Blackthorne Publishing was a Publisher that specialized in Comic books and Comic strips that existed from about 1986-89 Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Anaglyph images are used to provide a stereoscopic 3D effect when viewed with 2 color glasses (each lens a chromatically opposite color usually red and cyan A set of 30 Little Nemo postcards was available through Stewart Tabori & Chang in 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) In 1993, as promotion for the 1989 animated film, Hemdale produced a Collector's Set which includes a VHS movie, illustrated storybook, and cassette soundtrack. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In 2001, Dark Horse Comics released a Little Nemo statue and tin lunchbox. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics
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Since its publishing, Little Nemo has had an influence on other artists, including Alan Moore, in Miracleman #4, when the Miracleman family end up in a palace called "Sleepy Town," which is possessed of similar imagery from Little Nemo. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Miracleman, originally known as Marvelman in his native United Kingdom, is a fictional Comic book Superhero created in 1954 by In Moore (and J.H. Williams III)'s Promethea, a more direct pastiche - "Little Margie in Misty Magic Land" - showed Moore's inspiration and debt to McCay's landmark 1905 strip. JH "Jim" Williams III is a Comic book Artist and Penciller. Promethea is a Comic book series created by Alan Moore and JH The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic Genre. The Sandman series occasionally references Little Nemo as well. The Sandman is a Comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo Examples include The Sandman: The Doll's House, where an abused child escapes into dreams styled after McCay's comics and using a similar 'wake-up' mechanism, and The Sandman: Book of Dreams (pub. The Doll's House is the The Sandman Book of Dreams (1996 edited by Ed Kramer and Neil Gaiman, is an Anthology of short stories based on The Sandman 1996), which features George Alec Effinger's short "Seven Nights in Slumberland" (where Nemo interacts with Neil Gaiman's characters The Endless). George Alec Effinger ( January 10, 1947 &ndash April 27, 2002) was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and The Endless ( Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium) are a group of beings who embody
In children's literature, Maurice Sendak has said that this strip inspired his book In the Night Kitchen, and William Joyce included several elements from Little Nemo in his children's book Santa Calls, including appearances by Flip and the walking bed. Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn New York) is an American Writer and Illustrator of Children's literature In the Night Kitchen is a popular and controversial children's Picture book, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, and first published in 1970 William Joyce (born December 11 1957) is an American author illustrator and filmmaker
In 1984, Italian comic artist Vittorio Giardino started producing a number of few-page stories under the title Little Ego, a parodic adaptation of Little Nemo, in the shape of erotic comics. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Vittorio Giardino (born December 24, 1946) is an Italian comic artist Little Ego is a Comic strip written and drawn by Vittorio Giardino, as well as the title character of the strip A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Although not exactly suitable for children (far away from being regarded as pornographic though), Giardino's work succeeded in imitating Winsor McCay's exquisite drawing technique, and the level of surrealism was fairly achieved. Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer
In music, the British rock band Genesis recorded a song, "Scenes From a Night's Dream," based on the comic strip. Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967 With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide Genesis are among the top 30 highest-selling recording artists It appears on their 1978 album, . . . And Then There Were Three. And Then There Were Three is the ninth studio album by the British band Genesis and was released in 1978 Also, the music video for the 1989 song "Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty is in a drawing style reminiscent of McCay's and shows Tom Petty and a character who resembles Flip traveling through Slumberland. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) " Runnin' Down a Dream " is a Song by Tom Petty, released in 1989 on his first solo album Full Moon Fever. Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20 1950 is an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist There are references to over a dozen pages of the comic strip in the video.
Don Rosa's 1996 story A Matter of Some Gravity is inspired by some 1908 Little Nemo strips where Nemo experiences horizontal gravity. Keno Don Hugo Rosa (often just called Don Rosa) (born June 29, 1951) is a comic book writer and illustrator best known for his stories about Scrooge The webcomic Narbonic also featured several filler pastiche stories of Little Nemo, including the last strip of the series. Narbonic is a Webcomic written and drawn by Shaenon K Garrity. Many of these proved to contain secrets which would only come out in the main comic later.
In the book Fragile Things by best-selling author, Neil Gaiman, it is noted that the original title of the collection of short stories and poems was to be These People Ought To Know Who We Are and Tell That We Are Here after a word balloon in a panel from a Little Nemo Sunday page. Fragile Things Short Fictions and Wonders is a collection of Short stories and Poetry by English author Neil Gaiman. Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Although the book title did not retain this name, a reproduction of the panel can be seen within the first few pages.
In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Neil and Nancy go to a bar named Little Nemo's to find Nancy's father. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors was the third film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series
The strip was referenced briefly in an episode of the Showtime television series The L Word during the fourth season. Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United The L Word is a Television Drama series on Showtime that portrays the lives of a group of Lesbian, Bisexual and
The strip was spoofed as "Little Zemo in Slumberland" by Ryan Dunlavey in Wizard magazine. Baron Zemo is the name of two Fictional characters both Supervillains in various Marvel Comics Comic books notably Captain America Wizard or Wizard The Magazine of Comics Entertainment and Pop Culture (originally titled Wizard The Guide to Comics and [1]
In Belgium, a chain of bookshops is named after the imaginary land "Slumberland". The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
Collections
- Little Nemo 1905-1906 Nostalgia Press
- Little Nemo in the Palace of Ice and Further Adventures Dover, ISBN 0-486-23234-4
- Little Nemo In Slumberland, 1905-07 Fantagraphics ISBN 0-930193-63-6
- Little Nemo In Slumberland, 1907-08 Fantagraphics ISBN 0-930193-64-4
- Little Nemo In Slumberland, 1908-10 Fantagraphics ISBN 1-56097-025-1
- Little Nemo In Slumberland, 1910-11 Fantagraphics ISBN 0-56097-045-6 ISBN 1-85286-153-3
- Little Nemo In Slumberland #1 Blackthorne Publishing, 1986
- Little Nemo In Land of Wonderful Dream, Part 1, 1911-12 Fantagraphics ISBN 0-924359-35-8
- Little Nemo In Land of Wonderful Dream, Part 1, 1913-14 Fantagraphics ISBN 1-56097-130-4
- Little Nemo, 1924-25 Fantagraphics, unpublished ?
- Little Nemo, 1926-27 Fantagraphics, unpublished ?
- Little Nemo, 1905-14 Evergreen/Taschen, 2000, ISBN 3-8228-6300-9
- Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays (1905-10) Sunday Press Books, 2005 ISBN 0-9768885-0-5
- Best of Little Nemo in Slumberland Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, ISBN 1-55670-647-2
- Little Nemo in Slumberland, v1 (1905-09) Checker Books ISBN 1933160-21-7
- Little Nemo in Slumberland, v2 (1910-15, 1926) Checker Books ISBN 1933160-22-5
References
- ^ Dunlavey, Ryan "Little Zemo in Slumberland" RyanDArtist. Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Blackthorne Publishing was a Publisher that specialized in Comic books and Comic strips that existed from about 1986-89 Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of Alternative comics, classic Comic strip anthologies Magazines Graphic novels Checker Book Publishing Group is an independent publisher of Comics reprints from newspaper strips to modern out-of-print titles and collections from defunct Checker Book Publishing Group is an independent publisher of Comics reprints from newspaper strips to modern out-of-print titles and collections from defunct com. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
External links
- Winsor McCay Biography
- Internet Movie Database profile of the 1911 short film
- Internet Movie Database profile of the 1984 movie Nemo or Dream One
- Internet Movie Database profile of the 1990 video game
- Internet Movie Database profile of the 1992 feature film
- "Finding 'Little Nemo'" (review of So Many Splendid Sundays!), Douglas Wolk, Salon.com, December 3, 2005. Saloncom, part of Salon Media Group ( often just called Salon, is an online
- Interview with Peter Maresca (editor of So Many Splendid Sundays) and Art Spiegelman from the KCRW radio show Bookworm - excerpt from the book
- "Little Nemo in Comicsland" (Winsor McCay's influence on comics), Jeet Heer, Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2006. The Virginia Quarterly Review is a Literary magazine in the United States.
- Comic Strip Library - Archive of many strips in high resolution.
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