Little Nemo and More

Winsor McKay's Little Nemo in Slumberland is a full-page weekly strip depicting Nemo having fantastic dreams that were interrupted by his awakening in the final panel. The strip is considered McCay's masterpiece for its experiments with the form of the comics page, its use of color, its timing and pacing, the size and shape of its panels, perspective, architectural and other detail. When reading Little Nemo in the Palace of Ice, it was a quicker read then what I expected. For that at the end of each comic, the final panel is always little Nemo waking up from his dream. Hearing that Mckay always has Nemo wake up at the end of his comics, gave the comic artist a signature of repetition. Making the artist quit unique. His use of colors helped depict where he was placing Nemo at the time. With blues and whites gave a cold feeling, and show that he is at the Palace of Ice. His panel size variation also helped him make the comic seem more real, since it played on the timing in the story. Overall, I enjoyed the little adventure that little Nemo went on. 

Other two comics that I read were Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant! and Some Krazy Kat by George Herriman. Beaton's comics strip (394) was a little three panel comic making fun on how an american sit compared to the British. It was a nice small comic that was straight to the point. It was a black and white comic with the same panel size. It s characters facial expressions and how the comic was drawn added a humorous quality to it. Krazy Kat now it a different story. When reading some Krazy Kat in class I had a hard time reading it. Then I was told to read it out loud, then I could understand it little bit more. The comic uses slang making it unique, but could be hard for some readers to follow. Though, if the reader can not follow along through the text, they won't have a hard time following along through the illustrations. The quirky little characters makes the comic seem timeless for anyone. The use of colors too, it has a sense of old time tones of colors, but I think that adds to the old worn out jokes it features. Overall, both comics displayed a corny joke with humorous illustrations.