Winsor McCay - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

McCay died on July 26, 1934 of a cerebral embolism, and was buried at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn.

In 1966, Woody Gelman discovered many of the original Little Nemo strips at a cartoon studio where Bob McCay, Winsor's son, had worked. Many of the original drawings that Gelman recovered were displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art under the direction of curator A. Hyatt Mayor. In 1973, Gelman would publish a collection of Little Nemo strips in Italy.

In 1990, the Japanese video game company Capcom released a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System entitled Little Nemo: The Dream Master, based on the 1989 Japanese film adaptation of Little Nemo in Slumberland.

In 1994, cartoonist Rick Veitch began a 21 issue comic book entitled Roarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends, which included strips based on his dreams. The letters section of the comic book was titled "Little Omens".

The Italian cartoonist and Harvey Award Winner Vittorio Giardino was inspired by McCay and called one of his works, a series of erotic comic strips, Little Ego after Little Nemo.

On October 15th, 2012, Google showed an animated Doodle for the 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland, featuring an interactive, motion picture comic strip.