Winsor McCay
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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. For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen
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
How a Mosquito Operates
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How a Mosquito Operates is a 1912 silent animated short film by the American cartoonist Winsor McCay. The six-minute short depicts a giant mosquito tormenting a sleeping man. The film is one of the ea
Winsor McCay
…Dreams. The Herald was unsuccessful in finding another cartoonist to continue the original strip. McCay began work that May on his next animated film, How a Mosquito Operates, based on a Rarebit Fiend episode from June 5, 1909, in which a man in bed tries in vain to defend himself from a giant mosquito, which drinks itself…
Winsor Mc Cay How a Mosquito Operates still
McCay based the film on the June 5, 1909, episode of his Dream of the Rarebit Fiend comic strip.