![]() It is widely regarded as McCay’s masterpiece for its experiments with the comics form, its use of color, the varying size and shape of its panels, panoramic perspectives, architectural detail, and sheer imagination. ![]() Little Nemo in Slumberlanddepicted the title character having fantastic dreams that were interrupted by his waking up in the final panel. McCay then returned to the New York Herald-Tribune when he revived the strip under its original title and where it ran from 1924 until its last appearance in early 1927. ![]() It was renamed In the Land of Wonderful Dreams when McCay took it to William Randolph Hearst’s New York American, where it ran from 1911 until 1914. Little Nemo in Slumberland first ran in the New York Herald from 1905 until 1911. But, that’s been out of print for a good few years, so where’s a new generation of fans meant to look? Well, maybe over on Kickstarter where a more modest-sized printing currently being offered up to the discerning reader and one that comes with added extras, depending on what you can afford. ![]() ![]() One of my prize possessions across my whole comic book collection has always been my hardback oversized collection of the complete Little Nemo In Slumberland Book by Winsor McCay published by Taschen Books. ![]()
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