McCay comic books issue 1

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Windsor McCay. Collects "Tales of the Rarebit Fiend," "Tales of the Jungle Imp," "Little Sammy Sneeze," "A Pilgrim's Progress," and much more! This is a handsome, compact, and affordable collection of the entire early works of Windsor McCay, the cartoon genius behind Little Nemo in Slumberland. Softcover, 222 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing. Checker collects a new portion of McCay's career in these oversized Flash Gordon format collections of his editorial artwork. This edition focuses on editorials that appeared from 1913-1917 as the United States saw an escalation of violence in Europe as a build up to World War I. This hardcover is a handsome, compact, and affordable collection of the cartoon genius behind Little Nemo in Slumberland. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 12-in. x 9 1/2-in., 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Complete Little Nemo: 1905-1909 HC (2019 Taschen) By Winsor McCay and Complete Little Nemo: 1910-1927 HC (2019 Taschen) By Winsor McCay.

Written by Alexander Braun and Winsor McCay. Art and cover by Winsor McCay.

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 McCay (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 McCay 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 McCay - 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 McCay's life and work within the cultural history of the U.S. media and entertainment industry, and explores the immense art historical value of McCay'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.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 14-in., 704 pages, full color.

Cover price $80.00.

1st printing.

Written by Alexander Braun and Winsor McCay. Art and cover by Winsor McCay.

Meet Little Nemo, a diminutive hero of comic history, but one of the greatest dream voyagers of the 20th century, and a masterpiece of narrative imagination. Created by Winsor McCay, restless sleeper Nemo travelled in a weekly, full-page comic strip from bed to Slumberland, a fantastical realm of colorful companions, psychedelic scenery, fears and adventures, all of which ended abruptly when Nemo awoke in the final panel.

TASCHEN's sumptuous Winsor McCay: The Complete Little Nemo 1905-1927 collects, for the very first time, and in full, glorious color, all 550 episodes of Little Nemo in Slumberland. In his extensive accompanying text, illustrated by historical photographs and documents, art historian and comics expert Alexander Braun places Winsor McCay's life and work within the cultural history of the U.S. media and entertainment industry.

Hardcover, 15-in. x 20-in., 708 pages, full color.

Cover price $200.00.

1st printing.

Written by Alexander Braun and Winsor McCay. Art and cover by Winsor McCay.

Though a diminutive hero of comic narrative, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo is one of the greatest cultural phenomenons in early 20th-century media and entertainment history. This sparkling reprint includes all 220 of Nemo's nighttime escapades through Slumberland from 1905 to 1909 alongside a 150-page illustrated essay from art historian Alexander Braun.

Hardcover, 13-in. x 17-in., 368 pages, full color.

Cover price $80.00.

1st printing.

Written by Alexander Braun and Winsor McCay. Art and cover by Winsor McCay.

Winsor McCay's Little Nemo is one of the greatest cultural phenomena of early 20th-century media. Nemo's dreamscape journey continues in this second volume, collecting all of his escapades from 1910 to 1927 in brilliant color and XXL resolution-329 episodes in total, including the legendary Airship Adventures. A delightful exploration of McCay's extraordinary art and storytelling.

Hardcover, 13-in. x 17-in., 344 pages, full color.

Cover price $80.00.

1st Printing. Daydreams and Nightmares collects a vast array of Winsor McCay's most inspired work from 1989 - 1934, including his comic strips Dream of the Rarebit Friend, Day Dreams, Rabid Reveries, and Little Sammy Sneeze, plus editorial illustrations, anti-war cartoons, playful strips from Life Magazine, early dream sequences, futuristic illustrations from the New York Herald, and allegorical drawings. Softcover, horizontal format, 13 1/2" x 10", 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. This recently discovered comic strip by cartooning pioneer Winsor McCay opens a surprising new window into McCay's life and work and showcases his exquisitely beautiful delineations (reproduced from the original art). Merkl explores the influences McCay brought to the strip- from Gertie the Dinosaur to the animation in 1933's King Kong - and the growth of New York City from the Holland Tunnel to the Empire State Building-and traces our love of dinosaurs and monster movies down through the decades. Hardcover, 304 pages, full color. Cover price $95.00.

1st printing. Written by Alexander Braun and Winsor McCay. Art and cover by Winsor McCay. 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 McCay (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 McCay 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. Hardcover, 13-in. x 17-in., 360 pages, full color. Cover price $69.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

1st printing.

Written by Thierry Smolderen. Art by Jean-Philippe Bramanto.

Get ready for a dizzying dive into the "McCay Dimension" with this equally true and false tribute to the undisputed master of the imagination!

McCay is an "invented biography", chronicling authentic - though only partially true - stories of the life of the future creator of Little Nemo, Winsor McCay - In which McCay's life is enriched by an imaginary encounter with British mathematician and science fiction writer Charles Hinton... And glimpses of the fourth dimension!

Hardcover, 232 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

1st printing. Written by Thierry Smolderen. Art by Rudolph Dirks. The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, Thierry Smolderen presents a cultural landscape whose narrative differs in many ways from those presented by other historians of the comic strip. Rather than beginning his inquiry with the popularly accepted "sequential art" definition of the comic strip, Smolderen instead engages with the historical dimensions that inform that definition. His goal is to understand the processes that led to the 20th-century comic strip, the highly recognizable species of picture stories that crystallized around 1900 in the United States. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $50.00.

1st printing. Written by Katherine Roeder. Art and cover by Winsor McCay. Cartoonist Winsor McCay (1869-1934) is rightfully celebrated for the skillful draftmanship and inventive design sense he displayed in the comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend. McCay crafted narratives of anticipation, abundance, and unfulfilled longing. This book explores McCay's interest in dream imagery in relation to the larger preoccupation with fantasy that dominated the popular culture of early twentieth-century urban America. McCay's role as a pioneer of early comics has been documented; yet, no existing study approaches him and his work from an art historical perspective, giving close readings of individual artworks while situating his output within the larger visual culture and the rise of modernism. From circus posters and vaudeville skits to department store window displays and amusement park rides, McCay found fantastical inspiration in New York City's burgeoning entertainment and retail districts. Wide Awake in Slumberland connects McCay's work to relevant children's literature, advertising, architecture, and motion pictures in order to demonstrate the artist's sophisticated blending and remixing of multiple forms from mass culture. Studying this interconnection in McCay's work and, by extension, the work of other early twentieth-century cartoonists, Roeder traces the web of relationships connecting fantasy, leisure, and consumption. Readings of McCay's drawings and the eighty-one black and white and color illustrations reveal a man who was both a ready participant and an incisive critic of the rising culture of fantasy and consumerism. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $60.00.

1st Printing.

Written By: John Canemaker

Collects the Biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists, Winsor McCay, universally acknowledged as a master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon.

Hardcover, 272 pages. Full Color.

Cover price $45.00.