History Creator / WinsorMcCay

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOGEwx0NfQ Little Nemo]]'' (1911)
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcSp2ej2S00 The Making of "Little Nemo"]]'' (1911)

* ''[[WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur Gertie The Dinosaur]]'' (1914)
* ''[[http://youtu.be/AYKdXABWaFg The Sinking of the Lusitania]]'' (1918)

Zenas Winsor [=McCay=] ([[VagueAge 1867-71?]] - July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist, writer, and animation pioneer. [=McCay=]'s art style is immediately recognizable by its incredible detail and awesome perspective. Check the other wiki's [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Little_Nemo media page]] for some examples.

His most famous comic, ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'', is a surreal adventure through the bizarre world Nemo visits when he falls asleep. Other works include ''ComicStrip/DreamsOfTheRarebitFiend'', an entire strip about people suffering [[AcidRefluxNightmare Acid Reflux Nightmares]], which inspired perhaps the first LiveActionAdaptation ever, in Edwin S. Porter's 1906 film ''Film/DreamOfARarebitFiend''.

His most famous comic, ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'', is a surreal adventure through the bizarre world Nemo visits when he falls asleep. Other works include ''Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend'', an entire strip about people suffering [[AcidRefluxNightmare Acid Reflux Nightmares]], which inspired perhaps the first LiveActionAdaptation ever, in Edwin S. Porter's 1906 film ''Film/DreamOfARarebitFiend''.

[=McCay=] was the first to treat animation as a serious, dramatic art form, producing a detailed documentary rendition of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI The Sinking of the Lusitania]] in 1918. It contained over 25,000 realistic drawings, again all done personally by hand, taking nearly two years to complete. This also counts as the first WartimeCartoon, as it explicitly served as a piece of propaganda in favor of the U.S. entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. At the time it was the longest piece of animation ever made. Historians say it took until the 1930s for other animation studios to catch up with the level of technical skill [=McCay=] demonstrated.

Winsor [=McCay=] (1869–1934) was an American cartoonist, writer, and animation pioneer. [=McCay=]'s art style is immediately recognizable by its incredible detail and awesome perspective. Check the other wiki's [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Little_Nemo media page]] for some examples.

* ''The Flying House'' (1921): Winsor's last animated project. Was unfinished, but a [[http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2011/06/flying-house-resurrection-or-ruination.html modern day group of animators]] are taking up the bold task of finishing this film.

[=McCay=] was also one of the first animators, the self-described "[[TropeMaker originator and inventor]] of [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation animated cartoons]]". His first "attempt at drawing pictures that will move" was a two-minute ''Little Nemo'' skit in ''1910''; he drew over a thousand stills by himself, by hand. His most famous cartoon is probably ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'', an animated short from 1914 that set the bar for future animators. ''Gertie'' was also the first film to ever use the RogerRabbitEffect.

'''Winsor [=McCay=]''' (1869–1934) was an American cartoonist, writer, and animation pioneer. [=McCay=]'s art style is immediately recognizable by its incredible detail and awesome perspective. Check the other wiki's [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Little_Nemo media page]] for some examples.

* ''Gertie the Dinosaur'' (1914)

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY40DHs9vc4 Gertie the Dinosaur]]'' (1914)

[=McCay=] was also one of the first animators, the self-described "[[TropeMaker originator and inventor]] of [[TheSilentAgeOfAnimation animated cartoons]]". His first "attempt at drawing pictures that will move" was a two-minute ''Little Nemo'' skit in ''1910''; he drew over a thousand stills by himself, by hand. His most famous cartoon is probably ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'', an animated short from 1914 that set the bar for future animators. ''Gertie'' was also the first film to ever use the RogerRabbitEffect.

[=McCay=] was the first to treat animation as a serious, dramatic art form, producing a detailed documentary rendition of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI The Sinking of the Lusitania]] in 1918. It contained over 25,000 realistic drawings, again all done personally by hand, taking nearly two years to complete. This also counts as the first WartimeCartoon, as it explicitly served as a piece of propaganda in favor of the U.S. entering UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. At the time it was the longest piece of animation ever made. Historians say it took until the 1930s for other animation studios to catch up with the level of technical skill [=McKay=] demonstrated.

[=McCay=] was also one of the first animators, the self-described "originator and inventor of animated cartoons". His first "attempt at drawing pictures that will move" was a two-minute ''Little Nemo'' skit in ''1910''; he drew over a thousand stills by himself, by hand. His most famous cartoon is probably ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'', an animated short from 1914 that set the bar for future animators. ''Gertie'' was also the first film to ever use the RogerRabbitEffect.

* ''Dream of the Rarebit Fiend'' (1904-13)

His most famous comic, ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'', is a surreal adventure through the bizarre world Nemo visits when he falls asleep. Other works include ''Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend'', an entire strip about people suffering [[AcidRefluxNightmare Acid Reflux Nightmares]]. [=McCay=] was also one of the first animators, the self-described "originator and inventor of animated cartoons". His first "attempt at drawing pictures that will move" was a two-minute ''Little Nemo'' skit in ''1910''; he drew over a thousand stills by himself, by hand. His most famous cartoon is probably ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'', an animated short from 1914 that set the bar for future animators. ''Gertie'' was also the first film to ever use the RogerRabbitEffect.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN-KdPBhyjc The Sinking of the Lusitania]] (1918)

His most famous comic, ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'', is a surreal adventure through the bizarre world Nemo visits when he falls asleep. Other works include ''Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend'', an entire strip about people suffering [[AcidRefluxNightmare Acid Reflux Nightmares]]. [=McCay=] was also one of the first animators, the self-described "originator and inventor of animated cartoons". His first "attempt at drawing pictures that will move" was a two-minute ''Little Nemo'' skit in ''1911''; he drew over a thousand stills by himself, by hand. His most famous cartoon is probably ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'', an animated short from 1914 that set the bar for future animators. ''Gertie'' was also the first film to ever use the RogerRabbitEffect.

His most famous comic, ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo'', is a surreal adventure through the bizarre world Nemo visits when he falls asleep. Other works include ''Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend'', an entire strip about people suffering [[AcidRefluxNightmare Acid Reflux Nightmares]]. [=McCay=] was also one of the first animators, the self-described "originator and inventor of animated cartoons". His first "attempt at drawing pictures that will move" was a two-minute ''Little Nemo'' skit in ''1911''; he drew over a thousand stills by himself, by hand. His most famous cartoon is probably ''GertieTheDinosaur'', an animated short from 1914 that set the bar for future animators. ''Gertie'' was also the first film to ever use the RogerRabbitEffect.