In the Night Kitchen
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In the Night Kitchen is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, first published in hardcover in 1970 by Harper and Row. The book depicts a young boy's dream journey throug
Front cover, designed by Maurice Sendak
Little Nemo
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Little Nemo is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. He originated in an early comic strip by McCay, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend, before receiving his own spin-off series,
In the Night Kitchen
…sequential, and speech balloons are used throughout the entire book. In fact, the imagery is very similar to Winsor McCay's Sunday comic strip series Little Nemo, from the early 20th century. Maurice Sendak has cited these comics as influential in his work, and on page five of Night Kitchen, one of the ingredients…
Nemo in bed where he awoke at the end of each strip (here February 11, 1906)
Flip, Nemo and Impie breaking the fourth wall by breaking apart the panel's outlines and eating the letters of the title
Nemo and the Little Imp explore the city as giants, September 9, 1907.
McCay sized and placed panels to conform to the action they contained (November 25, 1905).