Once I found the book (it was not at my local library, I got it from the university library) I was a little scared at first, because the first few pages were really hard to read (he has a caption written really small under each box, plus dialogue in bubbles) but after a little bit (maybe a year worth of cartoons? He published once a month) it's only bubbles and it's amazing how inventive it is.
I've been interested in comic books/graphic novels for a long time (I even teach a class about them) and in every anthology/survey ever written about the subject they talk about Little Nemo, so I figured I should give it a shot. Also included are homages to Winsor McCay written by such creative masters as Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Maurice Sendak, animator Chuck Jones, and several others. All are reproduced in color, in an oversized format to fit the scale of their original newspaper layout, and printed exactly as they first appeared. In The Best of Little Nemo, editor Richard Marschall has selected close to 200 of the very best strips written and illustrated by McCay. Each page is a self-enclosed episode where Little Nemo encounters memorable characters, unbelievable joys, and menacing dangers, all within a stunning landscape of beauty and majesty called Slumberland. Drawn in art nouveau style, the weekly strip detailed the dreams of a six-year-old boy whose fantasy world was filled with adventure, humor, joy, fear, monsters, princesses, and surprises at every turn. Though the strip only ran intermittenly from 1905 to 1927, Winsor McCay continues to be honored as the master of the art form for his brilliant concept, color, and design. As astonishing today as when it was published almost a century ago, Little Nemo is considered by many critics and artists to be the greatest comic strip of all time. Winsor McCay's graphic masterpiece of dreams and fantasy, Little Nemo in Slumberland, comes alive in this new anthology.
0 kommentar(er)
