Winsor McCay
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Winsor McCay

His Life and Art

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Winsor McCay

His Life and Art

About this book

This volume is the only existing biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists. Winsor McCay (1867-1934) is universally acknowledged as the first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon. Although invented by others, both genres were developed into enduring popular art of the highest imagination through McCay's innovative genius. Included are new materials found since the previous publication of the book such as new comic strips of Little Nemo in Slumberland, and new sketches of Gertie the Dinosaur.

Key Features

  • In the book the author reviews and fully analyzes mcCay's achievements in print and film while examining his work in relation to his life, family, and to American culture and values of the period.
  • This painstakingly thorough biography begins with mcCay's childhood in Michigan to his seat as one of the greatest of the early animators.
  • Originally published in 1987, it is now back in print in a new expanded and revised edition.
  • Included are new amterials found since the previous publication of the book such as new comic strips of Little Nemo inSlumberland and new sketches of Gertie the Dinosaur.

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    Information

    Publisher
    CRC Press
    Year
    2018
    Print ISBN
    9781138578876
    eBook ISBN
    9781351262583
    Topic
    Art
    Subtopic
    Artist Monographs
    index
    Note: Italic page numbers refer to material in illustrations and captions.
    Aberg, Emil, 266
    Adams, Apthorp (“Ap”), 193–94, 196, 220, 226, 233
    Adams, W.A.: (“Doc”), 52
    Adams, William, 220, 226
    Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The, 220
    advertisements, 42, 44, 51, 52, 82, 108, 153, 165, 197, 236, 240, 241, 242, 250, 255; see also posters, sign painting
    Aguinaldo, Emilio, 61
    Ain’t You Glad You’re Not a Mormon? (comip strip; McCay), 54
    Albee, Edward F., 233
    Alexander, Joseph, 55
    Alice in Wonderland (Carroll), 11, 90, 149, 184
    Alpena (steamer), wreck of the, 31, 38
    American Historical Society, 176
    American Society of Illustrators, 259
    American Tobacco Co., 241, 246, 247
    Anderson, F. Richard, 151
    Angelo, Michael J., 171
    animated films, 31, 37–38, 82, 165–207, 217
    cartoon techniques prefigure, 62, 63, 161, 165
    celluloid tracing process, 180, 194, 196, 201
    characterization in, 171–72, 175, 184, 265, 266
    color in, 170, 171, 175, 263
    and comic strips, relat...

    Table of contents

    1. Cover
    2. Half Title
    3. Title Page
    4. Copyright Page
    5. For Joe
    6. Contents
    7. Foreword By Maurice Sendak
    8. Preface And Acknowledgments
    9. Author
    10. Introduction
    11. Phase One: 1867 to 1903
    12. Phase Two: 1903 to 1911
    13. Phase Three: 1911 to 1934
    14. Notes
    15. Chronology
    16. Selected Bibliography
    17. Index

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