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, Little Nemo in Slumberland. The full-page weekly strip depicted Nemo having fantastic dreams that were interrupted by his awakening in the final panel. The strip is considered McCay's masterpiece for its experiments with the form of the comics page, its use of color and perspective, its timing and pacing, the size and shape of its panels, and its architectural and other details.
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).
Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.
McCay in 1906
Nemo's bed takes a walk in the July 26, 1908, episode of Little Nemo in Slumberland.
Little Sammy Sneeze, September 24, 1905
The most successful of McCay's comic strips was Little Nemo September 9, 1907
