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This story is from October 15, 2012

Google celebrates 107th anniversary of Winsor Zenic McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland

Google, on Monday, celebrates the 107th anniversary of Winsor Zenic McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland with an animated and colourful doodle. Today's doodle is a tribute to his creativity and creation of fictional characters who won hearts of millions with their adventures.
Google celebrates 107th anniversary of Winsor Zenic McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland
NEW DELHI:Celebrating the 107th anniversary of Winsor Zenic McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland, Google on Monday displayed an animated and colourful doodle. Today's doodle is a tribute to his creativity and creation of fictional characters who won hearts of millions with their adventures.
Winsor Zenic McCay, born on September 26, 1869 in Spring Lake, Michigan (U.S), was an animator and cartoonist who worked under the pen name Silas for legal reasons.

He realized his zeal towards art during his youth while he was in Ypsilanti. So, to pursue his passion, he underwent his only formal art training from Eastern Michigan University formerly known as John Goodison of Michigan State Normal College.
Winson McCay was highly admired for his bold use of colour. And with his creativity he amazed his readers and surpassed his contemporaries, and also set an example of inspiration for many.
Little Nemo in Slumberland was his first comic strip series that revolves around about the little character Nemo and his dreams. The intriguing character has to reach 'Slumberland', the realm of King Morpheus, as the latter wanted Nemo with his daughter.
His first major comic strip was 'A Tale of the Jungle Imps' by Felix Fiddle based on creatures of jungle that tells about their adaptation to a hostile world.
Today's animated
Google doodle pays tribute to the weekly comic strips that appeared on the October 15, 1905 - July 23, 1911 and September 3, 1911 - July 26, 1914, respectively.
The header of the doodle is 'Little Nemo in Google Land'.
In the doodle, Little Nemo while asleep is seen falling in his dreams from his bed into a hole and rescued by Princess Camille, daughter of Morpheus.
The doodle beautifully narrates the story of the Little Nemo in Slumber and his adventures through the Google-land and eventually falls out of his bed.
In July 26, 1934, the animator and cartoonist Winsor Zenic McCay died of a cerebral embolism and was cremated at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn.
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