Talk:Winsor McCay/Archive 1

Archive 1

Disagreements

There are serious disagreements between this article and Checker's biography of McCay. Which is correct? -leigh (φθόγγος) 21:46, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

C-Class rated for Comics Project

As this B-Class article has yet to receive a review, it has been rated as C-Class. If you disagree and would like to request an assesment, please visit Wikipedia:WikiProject_Comics/Assessment#Requesting_an_assessment and list the article. Hiding T 14:49, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Additional career info

Winsor McCay also worked as an editorial cartoonist for the Hearst Syndicate, producing many highly detailed, black-and-white drawings. These stand-alone illustrations often employed cross-hatching, stippling, and many other shading techniques not found in his comic strips, resulting in a higher degree of realism due to the surface rendering. Visit www.goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com to see a number of these illustrations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.117.129.130 (talk) 18:32, 31 December 2010 (UTC0

Citations

Citations for the influence of Winsor McKay and Bill Watterson have already been provided in the the article on Bill Watterson. To wit: 8.^ "Winsor McCay: Little Nemo; Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend". Bob's Comics Reviews. November 1996. http://www.zompist.com/bob8.html. 9.^ Winsor McCay, Richard Marschall (1987). "An Incredible Ride To the End: An appreciation by Bill Watterson". The Best of Little Nemo in Slumberland. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. p. 195. ISBN 1-55670-647-2. http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cslumberland.html. Retrieved 2006-03-17. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.214.75 (talk) 04:43, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Google doodle

Whilst the source could be better, the fact that the is a Google doodle in his honour is worth of mention in the article, and the Death and legacy section is the best fit. Please discuss here before removing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:16, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

I have a problem with the statement "first of it's kind. What is the justification for this google doodle being the first of it's kind? I have seen and enjoyed many interactive comic-like web strips that might fall into the same category. Edit please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.67.56.78 (talk) 16:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Filmography

Is it appropriate to mention that The Flying House has undergone a full colour restoration by Cartoonist/Animator Bill Plympton, with additional voice acting in place of the text balloons?

The restoration project was funded via Kickstarter (1) and the short movie is listed on IMDB (2)

On the Kickstarter page Bill notes:

I discovered The Flying House a few years ago while watching a collection of McCay’s works on an old videocassette tape. I was amazed by the humor, great storytelling, and of course, the superior draftsmanship. But all that was hindered by too many intertitles, word balloons, and the lack of color, music, and sound. The biggest problem with the film is the terrible condition of the print. It has been neglected and badly handled for nearly 90 years. It's a mess of scratches, dust, and erosion. So, I took it upon myself to restore and update the film for a new generation. STEP 1: painstakingly clean every frame of the film by removing all the imperfections. STEP 2: color each frame, using reprints of Winsor’s color comics as a guide. Winsor loved color and even hand-colored some of his early films, like Little Nemo in Slumberland. STEP 3: record actors Patricia Clarkson and Matthew Modine to give voices to the two leading characters allowing us to remove the word balloons and intertitles. STEP 4: hire a musician and sound editor to add a stirring new soundtrack to compliment the beautiful new picture.

References: (1) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1632099201/winsor-mccay-resurrection-project
(2) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091980/

Tangram11 (talk) 10:01, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

I think it's appropriate to mention it briefly, is it has been in Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. The provided sources (especially Kickstarter!) are totally inappropriate, though. CüRlyTüRkey^Talk_Contribs 10:21, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 15 October 2012

Death and legacy

.....and was buried at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn.[citation needed]

Citation

http://www.theevergreenscemetery.com/stories/entertainers/winsor-mccay/

80.176.226.205 (talk) 13:49, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Done. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:45, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

HOW IS THERE NO REFERENCE TO THE 1990 NINTENDO VIDEO GAME "Little Nemo: The Dream Master," obviously based on his works.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo:_Dream_Master — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.82.94.5 (talk) 15:16, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Done. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:45, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

The 'Little Nemo' song by Genesis ... missing reference ... from another Wikipedia page: The character and themes from the comic strip Little Nemo were used in a song "Scenes from a Night's Dream" written by Phil Collins and Tony Banks of the progressive rock group Genesis on their 1978 recording, ...And Then There Were Three... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.99.111.126 (talk) 01:54, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Please update the first external link

The url for the first External Link is to the Winsor McCay Collection page at the Spring Lake public library site. The link is currently http://www.sllib.org/Pages/Special%20Pages/McCay/McCay.htm This is incorrect, the library has reorganized its site. The correct url is http://sllib.org/books-more/local-history/winsor-mccay/ I'm new to Wikipedia editing, not yet auto-confirmed, so can't make the change myself. In fact this is my first contribution, so apologies in advance if I'm doing it wrong. The Spring Lake library is quite small (entire staff of 6 people), and I don't think they will be able to reactivate the old url very quickly, so I figured editing the article would be faster. Thanks! G S Hammond (talk) 14:01, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Done. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:48, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

What happened with his wife?

I can read all about the man, thank you. But no one has any information on his widow? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.74.153 (talk) 14:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)