McCay experimented with the formal elements of the comic strip page, arranging and sizing panels to increase impact and enhance the narrative. The strip demonstrated McCay's strong graphic sense and mastery of color and linear perspective. In 1905 his signature strip Little Nemo in Slumberland debuted-a fantasy strip in an Art Nouveau style about a young boy and his adventurous dreams. In 1903 he joined the New York Herald, where he created popular comic strips such as Little Sammy Sneeze and Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. He started his professional career making posters and performing for dime museums, and in 1898 began illustrating newspapers and magazines. For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.įrom a young age, McCay was a quick, prolific, and technically dextrous artist. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905–14 1924–26) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator.
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