Winsor McCay Report

Winsor McCay was born in 26 September 1867 and he died in July 26 1934. His original name was Zenas Winsor McKay, he was the son of Robert Mckay and Jane Murray McKay. His father Robert in various time was working as a teamster, a grocer and a real estate agent so Winsor's exact place and year of birth are uncertain. Winsor claimed that he was born in Spring Lake, in Michigan in 1871 but his gravestone says 1869 and then reports states that he was born in 1967 in Canada.

Winsor McCay was a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation. His two best-known creations are the newspaper comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland, which was made in 1905 to 1914 and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur, which he created in 1914.

McCay's first major comic strip series was Tales of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle there were forty-three comic strips that was published from January to November of 1903.

Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend was a newspaper comic strip written and drawn by Winsor McCay beginning in 1904. It was McCay's second successful newspaper strip, after Little Sammy Sneeze secured him a position on the cartoon staff of the New York Herald newspaper. Rarebit Fiend was published in the Evening Telegram newspaper, which was published by the Herald at the time.
Little Nemo in Slumberland

Winsor McCay made is a weekly comic strip called Little Nemo in Slumberland was made in 1905 – 1911. The comic strips were in the newspapers of ‘New York Herald’ and the ‘New York American’. This comic strip was far from a simple children's fantasy; it was often dark, surreal, threatening, and even violent. The strip related the dreams of a little boy named Nemo who has nightmares. The last panel in each strip was always one of Nemo waking up or have grown-ups either to comfort or scolded him.
Little Nemo and Dreams of Rarebit Fiend were both set in the theme on dreams of their characters and featured fantasy art that attempted to capture the look and feel of dreams. Winsor McCay’s cartoons were never overwhelmingly popular, but always had a strong following because of his expressive graphic style.

Gertie the Dinosaur

Gertie the Dinosaur was created in 1914, it is a classified film and in the animation history as Gertie was the first cartoon character to be created especially for film to display a unique, realistic "personality".

Winsor also created a number of animated short films, in which every single frame of each cartoon (with each film requiring thousands of frames) was hand-drawn by Winsor himself.

In the film, Winsor introduces the character Gertie as she appears behind a corner of rocks and he instructed her to perform various tricks but then she causes trouble and cries when she is scolded for misbehaving, then she is treated with an apple that Winsor gives her and finally Gertie gives Winsor McCay himself a ride on her back as he steps into the movie picture.