Winsor McCay, his life and art

Winsor McCay, his life and art / by John Canemaker ; foreword by Maurice Sendak.

Canemaker reviews and fully analyzes McCay's achievements in print and film, examining his work in relation to his life, his family, and to American culture and values of the period. Original art from all of McCay's endeavors and rare personal photographs, all lovingly preserved by the fam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Canemaker, John
Other Authors: Sendak, Maurice
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abbeville Press, ©1987.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
McCay, Winsor.
Cartoonists > United States > Biography.
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
The Dr. Mark D. Nevins '86 Collection for the Study of Comics and Graphic Novels
Gift of Mark D. Nevins, Ph.D. (Class of 1986), 2017
Biographies
Biography.
Biographies.
Holy Cross Note:"Second printing."
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • First phase: 1867-1903
  • Michigan years
  • Chicago to Cincinnati
  • Cincinnati years
  • Second phase: 1903-1911
  • New York and the great comic strips
  • Sheepshead Bay
  • Vaudeville
  • Little Nemo on Broadway
  • Third phase: 1911-1934
  • Animated films
  • A Hearst man
  • After McCay.

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