Publisher's Synopsis
Comic strip artist and pioneering animator, Winsor McCay's boyhood years growing up in Spring Lake, Michigan, 1867-1885. Examines his first commercial illustration and the story behind it, reveals his neighborhood of friends, and his father, Robert's, elected positions with Spring Lake's Village government. Includes rare photos of McCay's home, school, and detailed reproductions of his first commercial illustration "The Sinking of the Alpena." Also, in-depth look at the man he was named for, Zenas G. Winsor, explains his precise birth year, and exposes a little known, real life hometown event that might have inspired his character Little Nemo. VISIT: http: //mccayboyhood.blogspot.co
