The American comic strip is the first true form of shared popular culture as we know it today. Notes on 'Giants of the American Comic Strip' by series editor, Peter Maresca With dozens more fantastical Sundays from, John Gruelle, Gustave Verbeek, Herbert Crowley, John R. Plus full-color Dream of the Rarebit Fiend Sundays by Winsor McCay.

The complete comics of Lyonel Feininger: The Kin-der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie’s World Presented here in their HUGE original size – 16' x 21' – and AMAZING colors are: And while Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland is known worldwide, many of the great fantasy comics have virtually vanished - until now. But from 1900 to 1915, American newspapers offered some of the most fascinating comics ever printed. These pages were a Sunday staple for less than two decades, soon replaced by humorous family comics that more closely mirrored the modern society. This confluence brought about a unique genre within a new art form-the Fantasy Comic Strip. One such advance was four-color printing, which brought to life stories inspired by both the technology of the time and the children’s fiction enjoyed by a burgeoning middle class.

The dawn of the 20th century saw of technological advances that were only dreamed of decades before.

150 Sundays 1900-1915įrom the pioneering publisher of Little Nemo: So Many Splendid Sundays The greatest fantasy comic strips from the earliest days of comics.įeininger, McCay, McManus and more.

Forgotten Fantasy by Peter Maresca