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amazing work from 1905-1927. Finalley got it from the library today after a LOOONG wait. Very beautiful illustrations, imaginative settings, nice colors.

Kazu - Copper reminds me of Nemo comics - how each story is setteld in to one page, and the fantastic settings that the characters find themselves in.

About a year ago i bought a massive tabloid size 300 page coffee table book of reprints of Nemo In Slumber land. for $10!!!!!!!
It was one of those odd cheap book shops...and there is was.
Really beautiful cinematic work...way ahead of it's time.

And yes...when i first read copper it reminded me of a nice mix of Windsor Mckay and Miyazaki.
Very inspiring.

d.

Hey Doug, I have that book, too! I almost bought a few. Now I hear it's not too easy to find.

And thanks, you two, for comparing my stuff to these guys. I don't feel I belong at the same level as masters McKay or Miyazaki, but I sure do try to emulate the feeling of their work. After reading Watterson's writings about how today's newspaper comics page was much less inspired and much more restricting than the full page comics of yesteryear, I felt that since I wasn't getting paid to do mine, I should at least strive to bring back public interest to the full page comic. It made the comic worth doing outside any potential financial gains (seeing as how there really was no money to be made anyway). So, I am extremely happy to see that people pick up on the references and tributes, and are reminded in some way of the great work that already exists.

Winsor McKay's comics blew me away when I first saw them in the pages of an animation history book. I had heard of Little Nemo before because of the mediocre animated film (which, by the way, both Moebius and Miyazaki had small parts in creating!) and the Nintendo video game, but I never knew of the work from which these properties had originated. When I saw the comic of the falling mushrooms, my eyes grew wide and I marvelled at the amazing draftsmanship of McKay. I couldn't believe how in the early 1900's, they were making comics that looked exponentially better than the ones that were released now. I remember thinking, "what happened?" When I found the collection of Little Nemo comics at the closing sale of a local Rizzoli bookstore, my hairs stood on end. I have that book sitting right next to me, and I look through it pretty often. Very inspiring...

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I remember Nemo from the old NES game not knowing that much about him and his history, other then he seemed like a cool idea with potential. I later found out more about him, and knowing the time line he was out and the amount of talent displayed at that time, I was and still am in awe. I think and agree that Kazu's "Copper" brings that feeling of young adventure that's free from rules and regulations of reality, but instead live by the standards of fun, fantasy, and hip creativity. This bit of Nemo in this post reminds me of work like the original Tom and Jerry animations and The Max Fleischer Studio Superman and Popeye cartoons. I loved that stuff and cannot believe the quality of those projects compared to the inferior series of today. If only art and creativity came before thoughts of money.

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That pretty much sums up my reaction as well. And I confess the Nintendo game was probably the first time I heard of the character, heh.

i also was first introduced to little nemo through by nintendo. ever since i learned it was originally a comic i have been trying to find some of them to read but have been unsuccessful

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Phil in the Blanks

What's really exciting about reading Winsor McCay is the fact that these were so early on in the medium and here he is working in color. The medium of comic books and it's language was still being developed and there was McCay seeming to break all the boundries and limits of imagination and pushing it to new heights, experimenting and unconfined by anyone else's work. He does it in one page too. Nemo really is a treasure and I hope these books get back in print soon for a much larger audience.

Mark
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I saw one Nemo comic in a life drawing class (my instructor would show Mckay next to Michaelangelo which was cool), and I HAD to see every Nemo comic I could get my hands on. Really cool stuff. Visually just amazing, totally blows everything outta the water, McKay could DRAW!!! I need to get my hands on all those Nemo compilations that are on the bookshelves.

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AHH!!

i was perusing my local comic shop this afternoon and found two whole books of little nemo!! whooo! finally!!!

i go read now....

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Phil in the Blanks

Winsor McCay's the greatest. His "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend" strips are also worth checking out -- one-shot cartoons about nightmares brought on by indigestion. He and his son also apparently animated an episode from that strip ("The Flying House"), which I'm dying to see ...

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