The last panel in each strip was always one of Nemo waking up, usually in or near his bed, and often being scolded (or comforted) by one of the grownups of the household after crying out in his sleep and waking them. The purpose of his early dreams was to reach 'Slumberland', the realm of King Morpheus, who wanted him as a playmate for his daughter, Princess Camille. The original set-up of the comic revolved around the nightly dreams of a little boy named Nemo (meaning "nobody" in Latin). The strip was first called "Little Nemo in Slumberland" and then "In the Land of Wonderful Dreams" when it changed papers in 1911.Īlthough a comic strip, Little Nemo is far from a simple children's fantasy it is often dark, surreal, threatening, and even violent. Little Nemo is the main fictional character in a series of weekly comic strips by Winsor McCay that appeared in the New York Herald and William Randolph Hearst's New York American newspapers respectively from Octo– Jand Septem– July 26, 1914. 1700 pixels by 2200 pixels) for your eReader. This comic ebook presents "Little Nemo - The Complete Comic Strips (1908) by Winsor McCay": 52 full color comic strips in ultra high definition (each page ca.
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