Braun Alexander - Winsor Mccay. The Complete Little Nemo - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Meet Little Nemo a diminutive hero of comic narrative but one of the greatest dream voyagers of the 20th century. The master creation of Winsor Mc Cay (1869 1934) restless sleeper Nemo inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed to Slumberland a realm of colorful companions psychedelic scenery and thrilling escapades. Nemo's creator Winsor Mc Cay was a founding figure in the modern American entertainment industry above all with his revolutionary comics which set standards for panel layout and storytelling technique timing and pacing and architectural and other detail that left an inestimable influence on subsequent artists including Robert Crumb and Federico Fellini. Taschen's sumptuous Winsor Mc Cay The Complete Little Nemo collects in full glorious color all 549 episodes of Little Nemo. In the illustrated essay art historian and comics expert Alexander Braun places Winsor Mc Cay's life and work within the cultural history of the U. S. media and entertainment industry and explores the immense art historical value of Mc Cay's dream narrative. At once an adventure story visual delight and piece of cultural history this publication is a tremendous monument to one of the most innovative pioneers and one of the most intrepid explorers of comic history.
Title: Winsor Mccay. The Complete Little Nemo
Author(s): Braun Alexander
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836592659
Pages: 704 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/13/2022
Category: Cartoons & Comic Strips