McCay, Winsor
McCay, Winsor (1867–1934),American pioneer of comic books and animation. He began his career as editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune in 1898 and drew national attention with his experimental cartoon strip ‘The Tales of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle’ in 1903. As a result, the New York Herald Tribune offered him a job, and his first major work was a cartoon strip for adults, Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend (1904), composed of nightmare episodes with characters in excruciating situations. Soon afterward McCay became famous for his creation of Little Nemo in Slumberland (1905–11), which was continued in William Randolph Hearst's New York American as In the Land of Wonderful Dreams (1911–14), and then concluded in the Herald Tribune under the original title (1924–7). Influenced by Art Nouveau, McCay drew meticulously intricate scenes describing the fantastic voyages...
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