Winsor McCay

Name: Winsor McCay
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138578869
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His Life and Art

By John Canemaker

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Winsor McCay is the definitive biography of one of America’s pioneering cartoonists and animators. The book traces McCay’s life from his childhood in Michigan through his groundbreaking work in comic strips like Little Nemo in Slumberland and pioneering animated films such as Gertie the Dinosaur. It offers a detailed exploration of his artistic achievements alongside his personal life and the cultural context of early 20th-century America. This expanded edition includes newly discovered materials, fresh comic strips, and previously unseen sketches, providing a comprehensive view of McCay’s lasting impact on both comics and animation.
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This biography is ideal for readers interested in early American animation, comic strip history, and the development of popular art forms. It is suited to fans of animation history, comic enthusiasts, and scholars of American cultural history.

This volume is the only existing biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists. Winsor McCay (1867-1934) is universally acknowledged as the first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon.

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This volume is the only existing biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists. Winsor McCay (1867-1934) is universally acknowledged as the first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon. Although invented by others, both genres were developed into enduring popular art of the highest imagination through McCay's innovative genius. Included are new materials found since the previous publication of the book, such as new comic strips of Little Nemo in Slumberland, and new sketches of Gertie the Dinosaur.

Key Features

The author reviews and fully analyses McCay's achievements in print and film while examining his work in relation to his life, family, and American culture and values of the period.
This painstakingly thorough biography begins with McCay's childhood in Michigan to his seat as one of the greatest of the early animators.
Originally published in 1987, it is now back in print in a new expanded and revised edition.
Included are new materials found since the previous publication of the book such as new comic strips of Little Nemo in Slumberland and new sketches of Gertie the Dinosaur.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138578869

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 June 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 305.0mm

Weight: 1583g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

John Canemaker is an internationally recognized animator, author, teacher, and animation historian. THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION, his 28-minute autobiographical film, won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Short and a 2006 Emmy Award. He has designed and directed animation for numerous commercial projects, including the Warner Bros. feature The World According To Garp; TCM's Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood; and CBS' Break the Silence: Kids Against Child Abuse, which have won for their sponsors an Oscar, Emmy Awards, Ace Award and Peabody Award. He is the recipient of grants from the American Film Institute, PBS, and a Rockefeller Foundation Residency Grant in Bellagio, Italy.His independently-produced animated shorts, which are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, and on a Milestone Films DVD titled John Canemaker: Marching to a Different Toon. One of America's most respected animation historians, Canemaker is the author of twelve acclaimed books, including "Winsor McCay: His Life and Art," “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair,” and "The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic." His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Print magazine.A tenured professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he began teaching animation in 1980, Canemaker has directed the Animation Program since 1988. He was Acting Chair of the NYU Undergraduate Film and Television Department from 2001-2002. The John Canemaker Animation Collection, part of the Fales Collection in Bobst Library at New York University, is an archival resource that opened to scholars and students in 1989. Professor Canemaker was a 2009 Recipient of NYU's Distinguished Teaching Award for "exceptional teaching inside and outside the classroom."