Winsor McCay

Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist. He wrote a comics series called Little Nemo in Slumberland. In 1911, he made animated versions of the Little Nemo characters and he made a short film called Little Nemo about how he did that. In 1912, he made an animated short film called How a Mosquito Operates. In 1914, he made an animated short film called Gertie the Dinosaur which inspired Walt Disney to become a cartoonist. In 1918, McCay made an animated documentary about the RMS Lusitania called The Sinking of the Lusitania. In the US, McCay is known as the Father of Animation though Emille Cohl actually came first.

Winsor McCay Media

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  Nemo's bed takes a walk in the July 26, 1908, episode of Little Nemo in Slumberland.

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  Little Sammy Sneeze, September 24, 1905

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  The most successful of McCay's comic strips was Little NemoSeptember 9, 1907

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  Cover to the score of the extravagantly expensive Little Nemo stage musical, 1908

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  McCay in a scene from his first animated film, Little Nemo (1911)

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  McCay based How a Mosquito Operates (1912) on the June 5, 1909 episode of Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.

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  The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) required 25,000 drawings to be made over two years, and was McCay's first film to use acetate cels.

• Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics - Little Nemo (1911)

• Winsor McCay (1912) How a Mosquito Operates

• Winsor McCay (1914)Gertie the Dinosaur

• Winsor McCay (1918) The Sinking of the Lusitania

• Winsor McCay - Bug Vaudeville (1921)

• Winsor McCay (1921) The Pet

• Winsor McCay (1921) The Flying House

• Winsor McCay - The Centaurs (c. 1921)

• Winsor McCay (1921) Gertie on Tour