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Little Nemo
is the main
fictional character
in a series of weekly
comic strips
by
Winsor McCay
. These comic strips appeared in the
New York Herald
and
New York American
newspapers
from
October 15
,
1905
?
July 23
,
1911
and
September 3
,
1911
?
July 26
,
1914
. The strip was first called
Little Nemo in Slumberland
and then
In the Land of Wonderful Dreams
. Little Nemo in Slumberland came back for a short time from 1924-1927.
The comic was about the dreams of a little boy named Nemo. His name means "nobody" in
Latin
. In the first strips he tried to go to Slumberland. That was the land of King Morpheus. The King wanted Nemo as a friend for his daughter, the Princess. The last picture in each strip always was Nemo waking up, in or near his bed. Then the grownups were angry with him, because he had woken them up. Or they comforted him because he was sad.
In the earliest strips, the dream would end because of a disaster that could hurt or kill Nemo. These events would be something like falling from a bridge, becoming a monkey, or becoming 90 years older. Later on Nemo reached Slumberland. Then
Flip
always woke him up. Flip wore a hat that had 'Wake Up' written on it. Other characters in the strip were Dr. Pill, The Imp, the Candy Kid, and
Santa Claus
.
The strip was not a very big success from 1905 to 1927. Most comics readers liked the
slapstick
actions of the
Katzenjammer Kids
,
Happy Hooligan
, and
Buster Brown
(other comic strips) more than the
surreal
(not real) fantasy of Nemo. From the 1970s until now, people like the strip more. Many of the original strips were found at a comic strip
studio
in
1966
. They were shown at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
.
Very special of Nemo was that the pictures were very difficult, had many details and beautiful colours. Also the story was special, because it was a fast story and had many strange characters and places.