"Little Nemo in Slumberland" dated August 09, 1908:
Transcript of Tweets by @LittleNemo1905 (OCTOBER 27, 2020):
I really love the first panel. Nemo's house (mansion?) looks very "American Dream" with it's white picket fence. - 1/10
We've seen Nemo's house previously, but I'm not sure I've ever really noticed it the way I do here. That's largely because it is front and centre right away in this strip, but it's worth noting. - 2/10
I also think panel 2 is interesting because the scale seems WAY off… Nemo's mother looks huge… She's bending down to put the breakfast on the table, but still seems huge in comparison to the boys. - 3/10
I feel like this MUST be intentional, otherwise it's a pretty serious error… Not that McCay can't make mistakes, I just kind of like it as a type of visual foreshadowing of the boys growth. - 4/10
Immediately following panel 2, the boys begin to become larger and larger as they ear the "new breakfast" that mom has provided… it's subtle (at first) but soon… - 5/10
…their chairs break, then the floor gives way, then they crash through the floor/ceiling, only to repeat the exact same fall again before crash landing in (presumably) the basement in panel 10. - 6/10
The destruction is so complete that, as Nemo's mother watches, the entire house comes crashing down! - 7/10
The crumbling house in the penultimate panel is a really great contrast to the sturdy structure from panel 1. I like the way that the two bookend the strip in a neat way. - 8/10
Of course, Nemo's "falling through the house" is mirroring his "falling out of bed", as revealed in the final panel. It's common enough by now that that the connection is very clear. - 9/10
This is my reading of "Little Nemo in Slumberland" #148. What's yours? - 10/10