"Little Nemo in Slumberland" dated January 03, 1909:
Transcript of Tweets by @LittleNemo1905 (NOVEMBER 17, 2020):
This is a pretty interesting, if simplistic, strip to kick off a new year with! - 1/10
I'm not exactly sure what magic is afoot here (though, in a dream, do we need any magic, at all?), but Nemo's toy animals seem to not only be growing, but also coming to life! - 2/10
My immediate reaction was "Noah's Ark" simply by virtue of the plethora of animals depicted within each panel, but I don't really see that really "holding water" [ ;) ] after reading the strip through. - 3/10
Aside from Nemo's (seemingly) Christian upbringing, very little else about this strip indicates an influence from that story (thought there are two of each animal)... - 4/10
I suppose it's possible that Nemo had recently heard the story and thus it influenced his dream indirectly? - 5/10
But, rather than filing into the Ark, here they're coming alive to escape captivity in the wooden menagerie that holds them when Nemo isn't playing with them. - 6/10
Their mass numbers overwhelm Nemo and he simply can't hold them back as they grow to realistic size… I love how the panel content becomes ever more crowded and claustrophobic as this occurs. - 7/10
Another interesting point (that we've seen before) is both prey and predators in harmony, as well as animals across continents (most notably the Kangaroos and Camels) all jumbled together, here! - 8/10
It really seems like just an excuse for McCay to stretch his skills and draw some of these wonderfully fabulous animals, doesn't it? I, for one, am more than ok with that! - 9/10
This is my reading of "Little Nemo in Slumberland" #169. What's yours? - 10/10
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