"Little Nemo in Slumberland" dated June 14, 1908:
Transcript of Tweets by @LittleNemo1905 (OCTOBER 15, 2020):
Dear Winsor… I understand how this mistake happened; it certainly feels like this series has been going on for near a millennia. That said though, this is only the seventh fixed perspective parade strip, not the eighth. - 1/13
This meta-gag (which I'm next to 100% convinced by this point is intentional) is so tiresome by this point that I find the fact that Mary is trying to calm Nemo down because it's only been "eight" weeks just hilarious. - 2/13
It amused (sort of) at the beginning but as time has gone on, I've begun to see the parade for what it actually is… just a spoiled rich brat showing off her wealth and privilege to the poorest part of the dreamscape… - 3/13
A place that she CLEARLY didn't do anything to help previously (even if they were outside of Slumberland rule, have they not heard of international aid?), but now will grace with her presence because Nemo has taken a liking to it. - 4/13
Honestly, I think the length of the parade and this strip has either a) backfired wildly by turning the reader (or at least me) off or b) functioned just as intended… was McCay hoping that astute readers would pick these threads up? - 5/13
I'm not sure that we can credit McCay with that, but regardless I think that this series (though painfully boring) has revealed a lot about the Princess and how Slumberland works. Without really doing it through exposition, as well. - 6/13
McCay is often challenged for being a poor writer, but he sure as hell wasn't a poor storyworld builder and I think that we can at least point out that the way this strip fills in gaps without really being explicit about them is pretty interesting. - 7/13
It's also stuck to a very strict continuity recently… the first tier sees out last strips focus (very thankfully in this example) and the rest shifts focus to a new group. - 8/13
I think that's interesting because while continuity has been a much more common feature of #LittleNemo recently, these ones seem particularly tight. Reminiscent of the very first continuity moment when Slumberland's gates first opened. - 9/13
This strip is also really well-drawn and features colourful characters like clowns, the Candy Kids, and dancers all parading across the page, while Nemo uses his newly returned wish stick. - 10/13
Finally, we're doing away with the auto that has caused so much trouble… Nemo wishes Flip and Impy up to the balcony where he and Mary are watching the parade and think that they've finally stopped the trouble… - 11/13
But, of course, he hasn't. That said, I actually find the playful nature of two boys going somewhere they shouldn't and mingling within the parade much more endearing then the auto troubles… I almost forgive it's repetitiveness here… - 12/13
This is my reading of "Little Nemo in Slumberland" #140. What's yours? - 13/13