![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() McCay’s newspaper fantasy illustrations are just that: phantasmagorical scenes of incredible scale that set the stage for the artist’s later dreamscapes. The illustrations’ titles are a glimpse into the subject matter of these works: “If Shakespeare Should Come Back to Earth,” “If William Penn Should Come Back to Earth,” “If Nero Should Come Back to Earth,” etc. ![]() Midsummer Daydreams and Other Comic Strips (1904-1925)Įven early on in McCay’s career, we can see evidence of his imagining alternative universes and possible worlds through a series of cartoons depicting historical figures living in modern times.Newspaper Fantasy Illustrations (1903-1912).Winsor McCay (1869?-1934) is best known for Little Nemo in Slumberland (1905-1914, 1924-1927), a magnum opus by virtually any cartooning standard, and Gertie the Dinosaur (1909), acknowledged as one of the first great animated cartoons of his and any era.ĭaydreams and Nightmares: The Fantastic Visions of Winsor McCay, 1898-1934 edited by Richard Marschall (Fantagraphics, 2005) features McCay’s additional contributions, with chapters on: ![]()
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