Little Nemo in Slumberland Volume 2

Little Nemo in Slumberland depicted the title character having fantastic dreams interrupted as he woke up in the final panel. It is widely regarded as McCay’s masterpiece for its experiments with the comics form, its use of color, the varying size and shape of its panels, panoramic perspectives, architectural detail, and sheer imagination. McCay’s work has influenced virtually every other comic creator in the medium. Little Nemo in Slumberland first ran in the New York Herald from 1905 until 1911. It was renamed In the Land of Wonderful Dreams when McCay took it to William Randolph Hearst’s New York American, where it ran from 1911 until 1914.…