Daydreams and Nightmares by Winsor McCay

With 'Day Dreams and Nightmares', though the subject matter he is drawing relates to issues of his day and therefore historical (he drew these during the first half of the 20th century), it is fascinating to see how precise his perspective can be seen in his work. They don't seem to hold up in today's world.

I enjoy these works but only in context of when they were done. I've read some of his other works which were considered his bread and butter during the height of his popularity such as 'Tales of the Rarebit Fiend' and 'Remo in Slumberland'.

It's quite obvious that he can transfer a strong emotional and intellectual perspective to paper via drawings. What I do remember about this book is how graphic and evocative Windsor McCay's work was. I've been looking to find a copy for myself for the past 10 years without luck. 'Sobre este título' puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.I was fortunate to have read this book 10 years ago when I was in college and the book was still in print. McCay's world was the world of playfulness and whimsy that most leave behind in youth and encounter again only in dreams Daydreams & Nightmares is a tour through that world. The book spans the years 1898-1934, the bulk of McCay's career. The artwork in this book includes outstanding examples from several categories of McCay's career: illustrations from his first paper, the Cincinnati Enquirer anti-war and anti-materialist cartoons playful strips for Life magazine early dream sequences futuristic illustrations for the New York Herald and allegorical and editorial cartoons for the Hearst newspapers. The highlights of the book are McCay's Dream of the Rarebit Fiend strips created for the New York Evening Telegram in 1905, as well as early efforts like A Pilgrim's Progress, Poor Jake, Day Dreams, Rabid Reveries, Little Sammy Sneeze ('He never knew when it was coming!') and more. McCay's dream-inspired strips, illustrations and cartoons feature rarebit-induced nightmares, playful 'what-ifs,' moralistic panoramas, pictorial allegories and other fantastic visions. He had a fascination with dreams that extended beyond his newspaper strip Little Nemo in Slumberland, and it was a fascination as compelling as that of Freud, Jung and Adler's, as proven in the pages of Daydreams & Nightmares. A fantasist of the first rank, McCay was a key pioneer in the histories of both comics and animation. Daydreams & Nightmares collects the rarest work from Little Nemo In Slumberland creator Winsor McCay's historic career.

Daydreams and Nightmares by Winsor McCay