Daydreams and Nightmares [Paperback]

Winsor McCay (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books (August 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930193563
• ISBN-13: 978-0930193560
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,392,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reprint at Once!, March 15, 2001

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Winsor McCay was a brilliant artist and illustrator, a pioneer in cartooning and animation. Fans of Chris Ware, Edward Gorey and A. G. Rizzoli would love to have a copy of "Daydreams and Nightmares" at the ready. Fantagraphics, are you listening?

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be read by anyone interested in editorial cartoons, August 12, 1999

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This review is from: Daydreams and Nightmares (Paperback)

I was fortunate to have read this book 10 years ago when I was in college and the book was still in print. It's extremely difficult to find. I know. I've been looking to find a copy for myself for the past 10 years without luck. What I do remember about this book is how graphic and evocative Windsor McCay's work was. It's quite obvious that he can transfer a strong emotional and intellectual perspective to paper via drawings. I've read some of his other works which were considered his bread and butter during the height of his popularity such as "Tales of the Rarebit Fiend" and "Remo in Slumberland". I enjoy these works but only in context of when they were done. They don't seem to hold up in today's world. With "Day Dreams and Nightmares", though the subject matter he is drawing relates to issues of his day and therefore historical (he drew these during the first half of the 20th century), it is fascinating to see how precise his perspective can be seen in his work. Because of how expressive the work is, it almost transcends the specific issues of his day. The perspective he uses to make his drawings can be transferred to events in the contemporary world and as I looked at his illustrations I thought that his strong perspective would make for interesting work today if he were still alive. In that way his drawings weren't dated at all. Some of the drawings as I remember were very pertinent to today particularly his subjects of drugs, technology and slavery. Very dark and often morbid the drawings gave off a distinct sense of the man that his other work didn't. He obviously was a liberal thinker at the least if not more left leaning. Visionary and engaging. Just one look through the book 10 years ago has kept me seaching for a copy of it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantagraphics, Please Reprint!, November 25, 2000

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A reprint edition of this title is long overdue! I'm sure the legion of today's Chris Ware fans would love McKay's "Daydreams and Nightmares." Don't delay!