When discussing the greatest names in the fields of comic strip art and animation, none demands more respect and admiration than that of Winsor McCay, who is generally regarded as the first artistic genius of the comic strip medium. Only a decade after the inception of the comic strip in 1895, McCay produced the form's first masterpiece—Little Nemo in Slumberland —which ran from 1905 to 1914. The comic's premise involved a young boy's nightly adventures in the fantastic realm of Slumberland. Each episode concluded with the child being shocked back into reality as he woke up or fell out of bed. Within this simple framework McCay provided his reader with amazingly beautiful artwork that has never been equaled on the comics page. Slumberland was comprised of breathtaking panoramas, elegant colors, and touches of Art Nouveau decoration. The strip's success allowed the artist to branch...