No, not unless Winsor McCay struck some sort of deal with them later. I believe LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND might've started out in Hearst newspapers, but I might just be conflating that strip with such Hearst favorites as KRAZY KAT.
--Nope, having checked it, McKay started LNIS in the Hearst competitor the HERALD, and then brought it to Hearst's AMERICAN, and bounced a bit between them both. If there were comic-book reprints of LITTLE NEMO, they were probably Hearst's or Hearst-licensed.
Or, I should write, earlier reprints! But McKay's heirs or agents would've been handling the reprint sales by the time of these comics, as McKay died earlier than he might've.
The Little Nemo strips appearing in The Shadow Comics were by McCay's son, Robert Winsor McCay - his final attempt to revive his father's once-popular strip.
Surprised to see The Dead End Kids in there, though! (Ironically, by this time the Warner Bros series had metamorphosed into both Universal's "Little Tough Guys" and Monogram's "East Side Kids" series. Universal managed to revive the original name for a couple of "Junior G-Men" serials.
The Bob McKay Nemo strips were packaged by Harry 'A' Chestler's shop. Scripts for this version were by Otto Binder, with art by McKay.
There was at least one further iteration of Nemo by Bob McKay, that appeared in Chestler's RED SEAL COMICS in 1945 and was titled "Nemo in Adventureland". This was an older version of the character (in fact, he kind of resembles Captain Marvel Jr.).
Well...I didn't know Supersnipe was a Street and Smith comics character.
ReplyDeleteLittle Nemo wasn't, was he?
ReplyDeleteNo, not unless Winsor McCay struck some sort of deal with them later. I believe LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND might've started out in Hearst newspapers, but I might just be conflating that strip with such Hearst favorites as KRAZY KAT.
ReplyDelete--Nope, having checked it, McKay started LNIS in the Hearst competitor the HERALD, and then brought it to Hearst's AMERICAN, and bounced a bit between them both. If there were comic-book reprints of LITTLE NEMO, they were probably Hearst's or Hearst-licensed.
Or, I should write, earlier reprints! But McKay's heirs or agents would've been handling the reprint sales by the time of these comics, as McKay died earlier than he might've.
ReplyDeleteThe Little Nemo strips appearing in The Shadow Comics were by McCay's son, Robert Winsor McCay - his final attempt to revive his father's once-popular strip.
ReplyDeleteSurprised to see The Dead End Kids in there, though! (Ironically, by this time the Warner Bros series had metamorphosed into both Universal's "Little Tough Guys" and Monogram's "East Side Kids" series. Universal managed to revive the original name for a couple of "Junior G-Men" serials.
ReplyDeleteThe Bob McKay Nemo strips were packaged by Harry 'A' Chestler's shop. Scripts for this version were by Otto Binder, with art by McKay.
ReplyDeleteThere was at least one further iteration of Nemo by Bob McKay, that appeared in Chestler's RED SEAL COMICS in 1945 and was titled "Nemo in Adventureland". This was an older version of the character (in fact, he kind of resembles Captain Marvel Jr.).
http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/2010/06/nemo-in-adventureland-bob-mccay-1945.html
That's weird and interesting stuff, Dennis. Thanks!
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