Early Works, Vol. 7

Early Works- Winsor McCay #7

by Winsor McCay

With the advent of motion pictures, McCay leveraged his public popularlity as a cartoonist to intriduce what he would become most famous for - animation! hailed as the Father of Animation, McCay's static cartoons are no less vibrant and unique. Volume 7 features a collection of McCay's rare short runs strips Poor Jake and The Dope Chronicles, along with a selection of strips from Dream of the Rarebit Fiend and A Pilgrim's Progress, originally published in late 1908.

Genres: Comics

200 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2006

About the author

Was an American cartoonist and animator, best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (begun 1905) and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For legal reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.
A prolific artist, McCay's pioneering early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades. His comic strip work has influenced generations of artists, including creators such as William Joyce, André LeBlanc, Moebius, Maurice Sendak, Chris Ware and Bill Watterson.