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Product Identifiers

PublisherAbrams, Inc.

ISBN-100810959410

ISBN-139780810959415

eBay Product ID (ePID)45102008

Product Key Features

Book TitleWinsor Mccay : His Life and Art

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTechniques / Cartooning, Individual Artists / General, Form / Pictorial

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Humor

AuthorJohn Canemaker

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight61.9 Oz

Item Length12.4 in

Item Width10.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-000275

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,Expanded

SynopsisThis 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. Originally published in 1987, it is now back in print in a newly expanded and revised edition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of "Little Nemo in Slumberland." 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" 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., John Canemaker reviews and fully analyzes McCay's achievements in print and film, examining his work in relation to his life, his family, and to American culture and values of the period. Original art from all the McCay's endeavors and rare personal photographs provide a visual counterpart to Canemaker's fascinating text. Begining with McCay's childhood in pioneer-era Michigan, circa 1870, this biography moves on through his earliest attempts to find an artistic voice in Chicago and turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, his work with circus posters, as a quick-sketch newspaper reporter, as a headliner chalk-talk artist in vaudeville, as crown jewel in William Randolph Hearst's grand line-up of newspaper cartoonists, and as the greatest of the early animators. McCay's masterpiece is the epic Little Nemo in Slumberland (1905), a beautiful and surreal fantasy rendered in stunning art nouveau line and subtle yet daring colour, and designed with layouts that anticipate cinematic storytelling techniques. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), remain landmarks in the history of this art and were unmatched in the fluid movement and personality of the characters until the mature films of Walt Disney came along two decades later., This volume is the only existing biography of one of Americas greatest and most influential cartoonists.

LC Classification NumberNC1429.M474C36 2005