Winsor McCay

Winsor McCay (September 26, 1867(?) – July 26, 1934) was a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation. His comic strip work has influenced generations of artists, including creators such as Moebius, Chris Ware, William Joyce, and Maurice Sendak. His early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set the model to be followed by Walt Disney and others. His two best-known creations are the newspaper comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland, which ran from 1905 to 1914, and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur, which he created in 1914. Image File history File links Winsor_McCay. ... Image File history File links Winsor_McCay. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. ... The cover to the collected edition of Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware Franklin Christenson Ware (born December 28, 1967) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. ... William Joyce (b. ... Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928) is an American writer and illustrator of childrens literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... 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 Hearsts New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905–April 23, 1911 and April 30 1911–1913; respectively. ... Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 short animated film by Winsor McCay that inspired many generations of animators to bring their cartoons to life. ...

Biography

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McCay was the son of Robert McKay (later changed to McCay) and Janet Murray McKay; Robert at various times worked as a teamster, a grocer, and a real estate agent. Winsor's exact place and year of birth are uncertain — he claimed to have been born in Spring Lake, Michigan in 1871, but his gravestone says 1869, and census reports state that he was born in Canada in 1867. He was originally named Zenas Winsor McKay, in honor of his father's employer, Zenas G. Winsor. He later dropped the name Zenas. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... A teamster was a person who drove a team of oxen, a horse-drawn or mule-drawn wagon or a muletrain (in the latter case, he was also known as a muleteer or muleskinner). ... Spring Lake is a village located in Ottawa County, Michigan. ...

In 1886, McCay's parents sent him to Cleary's Business College in Ypsilanti, Michigan to learn to be a businessman. While in Ypsilanti, he also received his only formal art training, from John Goodison of Michigan State Normal College (now known as Eastern Michigan University). Goodison taught him the strict application of the fundamentals of perspective, which he put to significant use later in his career. Goodison, formerly a glass stainer, also influenced McCay's bold use of color. Cleary Business College, circa 1905 Cleary University is a business college with campuses in Ann Arbor and Howell, Michigan. ... Nickname: Motto: Pride. ... Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ... A cube in two-point perspective. ... Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ...

In 1889, McCay moved to Chicago, intending to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, but due to lack of money had to find employment instead. He worked for the National Printing and Engraving Company, producing woodcuts for circus and theatrical posters. Two years later, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and went to work as an artist for Kohl and Middleton's Vine Street Dime Museum. While in Cincinnati he eloped with the 14 year old Maude Leonore Dufour ^{[citation needed]}. Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is a fine art museum located in Chicago, Illinois. ... “Cincinnati” redirects here. ... Dime Museums were unique entertainment and moral education institutions that were briefly popular at the end of the 19th century in the United States. ...

Works

Little Nemo in Slumberland

McCay's first major comic strip series was Tales of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle. Forty-three installments were published from January to November of 1903, in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The strip was based on poems by George Randolph Chester, then a reporter and editor at the Enquirer. The stories concerned jungle creatures and the ways that they adapted to a hostile world, with individual titles such as How the Elephant Got His Trunk and How the Ostrich Got So Tall. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1050x1382, 1320 KB) A page from Little Nemo in Slumberland By Winsor McCay This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1050x1382, 1320 KB) A page from Little Nemo in Slumberland By Winsor McCay This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Cincinnati Enquirer is a daily morning newspaper published at Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

His strips Little Nemo and Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend were both set in the dreams of their characters and featured fantasy art that attempted to capture the look and feel of dreams. McCay's cartoons were never overwhelmingly popular, but always had a strong following because of his expressive graphic style. Newspaper pages were physically much larger in that time and McCay usually had a half a page to work with. For fantasy art in comics, his only rival was Lyonel Feininger, who went on to have a career in the fine arts after his comics days were over. 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 Hearsts New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905–April 23, 1911 and April 30 1911–1913; respectively. ... Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend was a newspaper comic strip written and drawn by Winsor McCay beginning in 1904. ... Fantasy Art by Boris Vallejo Fantasy Art by George Grie Fantasy Art by Michael Parkes Fantasy Art by Heinz Zander Fantasy art is a genre of art that depicts magical or other supernatural themes, ideas, creatures or settings. ... Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 - January 13, 1956); was a German-American painter and caricaturist. ...

McCay also created a number of animated short films, in which every single frame of each cartoon (with each film requiring thousands of frames) was hand-drawn by McCay and his assistant which he occasionally had. McCay went on vaudeville tours with his films. He presented lectures and did drawings; then he interacted with his animated films, performing such tricks as holding his hand out to "pet" his animated creations. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Still of the film Gertie on Tour

Laid out with exquisite detail in a manner that would only be matched during the heights of Walt Disney's cartoons of the 1930s, the star of McCay's groundbreaking animated film Gertie the Dinosaur is classified by film and animation historians as the first cartoon character created especially for film to display a unique, realistic "personality". In the film, Gertie causes trouble and cries when she is scolded, and finally she gives McCay himself a ride on her back as he steps into the movie picture. Stills of Gertie on Tour, Public domain film, fair use of film still, from the Library of Congress Motion Picture & Television Reading Room, you cant get too much more fair than that! This work is copyrighted. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 short animated film by Winsor McCay that inspired many generations of animators to bring their cartoons to life. ...

World War I poster by Winsor McCay, urging Americans to buy Liberty Bonds

In addition to a series of cartoons based on his popular "rarebit" gags, McCay also created The Sinking of the Lusitania, a depiction of the attack on the maritime ship. The cartoon contained a message that was meant to inspire America into joining World War I. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (549x852, 79 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Propaganda Winsor McCay Liberty bond ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (549x852, 79 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Propaganda Winsor McCay Liberty bond ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... A liberty bond was a special type of war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. It could be redeemed for the original value of the bond plus interest. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Selected comic strips by McCay

• Tales of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle (1903)
• Little Sammy Sneeze (1904 to 1906)
• Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1904 to 1913)
• The Story of Hungry Henrietta (1905)
• A Pilgrim's Progress (1905 to 1910)
• Little Nemo in Slumberland (1905 to 1914)
• Poor Jake (1909 to 1911)

Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend was a newspaper comic strip written and drawn by Winsor McCay beginning in 1904. ... Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay (1887-1934) that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearsts New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905- April 23, 1911 and April 30, 1911-1913 respectively. ...

Filmography

• Little Nemo (1911)
• Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (1911)
• How a Mosquito Operates (1912)
• Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
• The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)
• The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1921)
• Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet (1921)
• Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House (1921)
• Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville (1921)
• Gertie on Tour (1921)
• Flip's Circus (1921)
• The Centaurs (1921)
• The Midsummer's Nightmare (1922)

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 Hearsts New York American newspapers from October 15, 1905–April 23, 1911 and April 30 1911–1913; respectively. ... Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 short animated film by Winsor McCay that inspired many generations of animators to bring their cartoons to life. ... The Sinking of the Lusitania, released in 1918 is an animated short film by renowned American artist Winsor McCay. ... Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend was a newspaper comic strip written and drawn by Winsor McCay beginning in 1904. ...

Books and collections

• Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend Dover, ISBN 0-486-21347-1
• Little Nemo in the Palace of Ice and Further Adventures Dover, ISBN 0-486-23234-4
• The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. I: 1905-1907 Fantagraphics ISBN 0-930193-63-6
• The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. II: 1907-1908 Fantagraphics ISBN 0-930193-64-4
• The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. III: 1908-1910 Fantagraphics
• The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. IV: 1910-1911 Fantagraphics
• The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. V: In the Land of Wonderful Dreams, Part 1: 1911-12 Fantagraphics
• The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vol. VI: In the Land of Wonderful Dreams, Part 2: 1913-14 Fantagraphics ISBN 1-56097-130-4
• Little Nemo 1905-1914 Taschen, ISBN 3-8228-6300-9
• The Best of Little Nemo in Slumberland Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, ISBN 1-55670-647-2
• Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays Sunday Press ISBN 0-9768885-0-5
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 1 Checker, ISBN 0-9741664-0-5 (“Tales of the Rarebit Fiend” and “Little Sammy Sneeze”)
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 2 Checker, ISBN 0-9741664-7-2 (More “Tales of the Rarebit Fiend” and “Little Sammy Sneeze,” “Centaurs,” “Hungry Henrietta,” and editorial illustrations.)
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 3 Checker, ISBN 0-9741664-9-9 (More “Tales of the Rarebit Fiend” (1907), “Little Sammy Sneeze,” “A Pilgrim’s Progress,” (1907) and editorial illustrations from New York period.)
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 4 Checker, ISBN 0-9753808-1-8 (more Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (early 1908), A Pilgrim’s Progress (early 1908), various Little Sammy Sneezes, and New York American editorial cartoons.)
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 5 Checker, ISBN 0-9753808-2-6 (Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (late 1908), A Pilgrim’s Progress (late 1908), Phoolish Phillip (all), Hungry Henrietta (all), and New York American editorial cartoons.)
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 6 Checker, ISBN 1-933160-05-5 (“Mr Goodenough”, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (late 1908), A Pilgrim’s Progress (late 1908), and New York American editorial cartoons.)
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 7 Checker, ISBN 1-933160-05-5 (illustrations from New York editorial period, and collection of comic strips.)
• Winsor McCay: Early Works, Vol. 8 Checker, ISBN 1-933160-06-3
• Daydreams and Nightmares Fantagraphics, ISBN 1-56097-569-5

Quotes

"Animation should be an art, but you have made it a trade!" -Winsor McCay^{[citation needed]}

References

• John Canemaker (2005). Winsor McCay: His Life and Art. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-5941-0. 
• Ohio State University (1 June 2006). "Cartoon Library Acquires McCay Collection". University Libraries New Notes. 

External links

• Winsor McCay on Internet Movie Database
• Little Nemo in Sutherland Anniversary Special
• Of Mice and Magic By Lenard Maltin on Amazon.com
• Winsor McCay's The Centaurs.
• Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (1913)
• Extensive Collection of McCay's cartoons from Google Video