Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #228

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:09:31 +0000

Have you seen it?

The most beautiful strip in the world...

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:21:27 +0000

I beat that game, sans Game Genie! It cost me all of about two months of one summer, but it was a pretty game. Once I learned it was a comic, I was off to the library... unfortunately, they didn't have any of it. Thank Zeus for the Internet!

By: Prankster

Prankster — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:09:36 +0000

Lil' Abner is another must. You've opened Pandora's Box, Bill!!!

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:16:15 +0000

I'm totally holding out for The Yellow Kid.

By: Doug Atkinson

Doug Atkinson — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:38:54 +0000

There was also an arcade game (which I've played through emulation). It's not as hard as the NES game sounds, although having unlimited free continues does go a long way in that sort of game...

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:54:38 +0000

My first exposure to Little Nemo was the NES game. And yes, that game was HARD. A lot of the early NES games were difficult, but nothing like that Nemo game. I was glad to get the Game Genie just so I could finlly see some other levels...

By: ks

ks — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:12:25 +0000

One very interesting thing about Little Nemo is that it was not very popular among readers in its day compared to Katzenjammer Kids. It was almost too sophisticated for children, I guess. Either way, it is amazing how well it stands up at almost a hundred years old.

By: James

James — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:48:06 +0000

Ray Bradbury was one of the (reportedly, very many) screenwriters on the 1989 animated film. By the way, there was one other film adaptation (arguably). The French film Nemo, made in 1984, "borrows" some key concepts from Little Nemo in Slumberland, but also diverges wildly from McKay's work. More details:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087784/

(Harvey Keitel, of all people, had a role in it...)

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:30:23 +0000

Awesome choice. I remember the first time I came across McCay's work- in the animated Rarebit Fiend- it blew my freaking mind.

By: km

km — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:13:52 +0000

However...just to keep this from deteriorating into a total nice-and-polite-fest, I'm still demanding Peanuts. Also, now that I think about it, Pogo.

By: km

km — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:06:59 +0000

No arguments here. McCay is a legitimate master of the form.

By: ks

ks — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:21:16 +0000

excellent job, Bill. I only discovered Little Nemo about a year ago and I was amazed that something that looked this good had completely slipped my attention. The story is simplistic, but like you said it is the art that pulls this along into greatness. Great choice.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:56:27 +0000

Is it just me, or do the hand colours in these hundred year old strips look about a million times better than most of what's out there these days?

By: Cambert

Cambert — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:50:13 +0000

Yes, on 'The Simpsons' DVDs they point that out.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:49:12 +0000

I might be off but didn't this inspire the sequence in the Simpsons when Homer drifted into Slumberland after working two jobs to pay for Lisa's pony?

By: Tom Russell

Tom Russell — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:39:52 +0000

The video game was based on the film version, and IT WAS HARD. No human being can beat that thing without a Game Genie.

Rarebit Fiend was awesome, by the way.

By: layne

layne — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:37:45 +0000

Like beds could really walk like that! If this guy's so good, why're his panels all squished up together? And how come I can't get no tang 'round here?!? Boo! Hiss!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:16:25 +0000

Sorry, didn't mean for that to sound like a demand. Honestly, to each his own, my parents enjoy Zits, I didn't find it funny even when I was a teen. Most of my peers think I'm crazy for enjoying Sherman's Lagoon, but it still cracks me up.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:14:03 +0000

Okay, let's see Pogo next and all will be forgiven.