Winsor McCay: The Airship Adventures of Little Nemo
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (972 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3836565358 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Alongside his independent artistic activities, he studied art history in Bochum and Berlin (his 1998 doctorate thesis was on the work of the American installation artist Robert Gober). Since 2008, he has curated several museum exhibits on this topic, including a comprehensive retrospective on the work of Winsor McCay in 2012/2013. Over the past two decades, Braun has compiled one of the most extensive collections on the history of comics. About the Author Visual artist Alexander Braun (born 1966) has received numerous accolades and scholarships, and his work has appeared in several exhibitions. In 2011, he founded the German Academy of Comic Art
Over the past two decades, Braun has compiled one of the most extensive collections on the history of comics. Visual artist Alexander Braun (born 1966) has received numerous accolades and scholarships, and his work has appeared in several exhibitions. . Alongside his independent artistic activities, he studied art history in Bochum and Berlin (his 1998 doctorate thesis was on the work of the American installation a
"Stay away." according to Michael A. Torregrossa. McCay must be rolling over in his grave here. Little Nemo is best known as a tabloid-sized, full-page comic. This edition cuts the comic in half, with two rows per page. If I had known this ahead of time, I would not have purchased it.. J. Bird said lovely small format. Although the other reviewer is correct about the format displaying each comic on two spreads instead of a single page, it's a necessary design choice in presenting the stories in a format this size. I actually really like it because it makes the book more readable, you can hold it in bed or take it on the go rather than splaying it out in front of you like with the bigger newspaper-sized editions. Good intro to Little Nemo for young and old readers.
Brimming with sky-high imagination, these airship adventures represent some of the most ambitious artwork and exciting tales of McCay’s revolutionary comic and of his much-loved dream voyager. Braun reveals how the airship journey was not only a pioneering narrative arc in the early days of comic but also a “creative bombshell” which propelled McCay towards further endeavors, namely the first animated film in history.. The installments see Nemo flying to the moon, to Mars, and on a triumphant tour of major sights and metropolises across the East Coast of America and Canada and beyond, including Yellowstone National Park, Niagara Falls, and New York City. The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869–1934), restless sleeper Nemo inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed to