Little Nemo was published under the pseudonym "Silas" and is set in the nightly dreams of a small boy named Nemo. The drawings featured in the comic have been described as fantasy art, designed to capture the feel of a dream.
At the beginning of his career, McCay worked as a cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer, a newspaper in Ohio. His first major comic strip, A Tale of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle, was published in 43 instalments in the paper during 1903.
The series focused on individual animals and how they adapted to living in the jungle. How the Elephant Got His Trunk and How the Ostrich Got So Tall both appeared as titles in the paper.
Later the cartoonist created a propaganda film named The Sinking of the Lusitania, which told the story of the attack on the ship. His work contained a message designed to inspire America to join World War I.
McCay died in 1934 after experiencing a brain embolism and he was buried in Brooklyn.
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