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An example of Winsor McCay's IN THE LAND OF WONDERFUL DREAMS from 1912. I don't know why it doesn't take up a full Sunday page, maybe a new strip was starting that week.



There's something endearing about the way McCay drew big animals like elephants and dinosaurs. They really move like they have weight.

Getting near the end of the strip's run, this page is from October 12, 1913 (seems like only yesterday). When he switched newspaper syndicates, Winsor McCay strip changed title from LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND to IN THE LAND OF WONDERFUL DREAMS.




It's too bad about the way the denizens are drawn (but it gives us the delightful line "Isn't it funny? You can tell a stranger in a city a mile away," as if Nemo's party doesn't stand out). You just have to have some perspective or little from more than a decade or so in the past will be enjoyable. I love the idea of dinosaurs used as elevators, and there is a certain resemblance to McCay's charming Gertie. What I can't figure out is why these guys let Impie tag along them. That child is like the spirit of mischief, he can't go more than a panel or two without stirring up some sort of trouble.