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The History of Animation, McCay: 

The History of Animation, McCay

Animation Pioneer: 

Animation Pioneer Winsor McCay

McCay: 

McCay Born September 1867 in Spring Lake, Michigan

McCay: 

McCay Born September 1867 in Spring Lake, Michigan … Probably

McCay: 

McCay Born September 1867 in Spring Lake, Michigan Some evidence he was born in Canada Maybe as late as 1869

McCay: 

McCay Born September 1867 Newspaper Reporter/Illustrator, 1889

McCay: 

McCay Born September 1867 Newspaper Reporter/Illustrator, 1889 Cartoonist

McCay: 

McCay Born September 1867 Newspaper Reporter/Illustrator, 1889 Cartoonist By 1903 has done several cartoon strips

McCay: 

McCay Moves to New York, 1903-1904 1903, Rarebit Fiend

McCay: 

McCay In 1905, Little Nemo in Slumberland

McCay: 

McCay Nemo - Vaudeville

McCay: 

McCay Nemo – Vaudeville The Seven Ages of Man

McCay: 

McCay Nemo – Vaudeville Performs with W.C. Fields, Will Rogers & Harry Houdini 1906, McCay makes about $500 a week

McCay: 

McCay Nemo – Vaudeville W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Houdini 1908 Nemo becomes an Operetta

McCay: 

McCay Cartoon Panels Resemble Early Animation Storyboards Often uses subtle movement from frame to frame

McCay: 

McCay Nemo the Animated Film is conceived in 1909 Inspired by his son’s “flippers” And George McManus

McCay: 

McCay Nemo is completed in January, 1911 Over 4,000 Drawings India Ink on Rice Paper Timed to the split second with a stopwatch Premieres April 12, 1911 – New York City

McCay: 

McCay Nemo Baffles the Audience

McCay: 

McCay Nemo Baffles the Audience Presumed it was done with live actors using “trick photography.”

McCay: 

McCay Followed Nemo with How a Mosquito Operates, 1912

McCay: 

McCay Followed Nemo with How a Mosquito Operates, 1912 Similar Audience Reaction

McCay: 

McCay 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur

McCay: 

McCay 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur Again, india ink on rice paper

McCay: 

McCay 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur Again, india ink on rice paper Hires a young John Fitzsimmons to retrace backgrounds

McCay: 

McCay 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur Again, india ink on rice paper Hires a young John Fitzsimmons to retrace backgrounds Complete over 5,000 drawings

McCay: 

McCay 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur Integrated into his vaudeville act

McCay: 

McCay 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur Integrated into his vaudeville act Audience finally realize this is something new!

McCay: 

McCay 1914 – Gertie the Dinosaur Seen on the vaudeville stage by Walter Lantz, Dave Fleischer & Dick Huemer among others

McCay: 

McCay May 7, 1915 – Lusitania sunk by U Boats

McCay: 

McCay May 7, 1915 – Lusitania sunk by U Boats McCay, incensed, decides to animate the incident in protest

McCay: 

McCay The Sinking of the Lusitania takes 22 months to finish even with Fitzsimmon’s help.

McCay: 

McCay The Sinking of the Lusitania takes 22 months to finish 25,000 drawings

McCay: 

McCay The Sinking of the Lusitania takes 22 months to finish 25,000 drawings Uses celluloid for the first time

McCay: 

McCay The Sinking of the Lusitania takes 22 months to finish 25,000 drawings Uses celluloid for the first time Fitzsimmons introduces a peg registration system

McCay: 

McCay The Sinking of the Lusitania takes 22 months to finish 25,000 drawings Uses celluloid for the first time Fitzsimmons introduces a peg registration system So accurate it resembles live-action footage

McCay: 

McCay Between 1918 – 1921 produces several animated films

McCay: 

McCay Between 1918 – 1921 produces several animated films Only fragments of some survive

McCay: 

McCay Between 1918 – 1921 produces several animated films Only fragments of some survive The Pet, based on his Rarebit Fiend comic strip is probably the best of his later films

McCay: 

McCay In 1917 McCay moves to the Hearst papers

McCay: 

McCay In 1917 McCay moves to the Hearst papers William Randolph Hearst makes him curtail his vaudeville appearances After three Rarbit films, McCay stops animating

McCay: 

McCay Why?

McCay: 

McCay Why? No record of a statement from McCay It is speculated that he disliked what was happening in the “Animation” industry so much that he decided to distance himself from it.

McCay: 

McCay In 1927 he is the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by artists of this fledgling animation industry

McCay: 

McCay In 1927 he is the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by artists of this fledgling animation industry Attended the dinner, but had nothing good to say about the work of others

McCay: 

McCay 1920s and early 30s he did editorial cartoons for Hearst’s newspapers

McCay: 

McCay 1920s and early 30s he did editorial cartoons for Hearst’s newspapers Died in 1934

McCay: 

McCay Contributions to animation might have been forgotten, but …

McCay: 

McCay Contributions to animation might have been forgotten, but … Robert McCay gave his father’s films to Irving Mendelsohn, a family friend.

McCay: 

McCay In 1947, Jack Mendelsohn (Irving’s son) invites film editor Robert Brotherton to examine material in his father’s garage.

McCay: 

McCay In 1947, Jack Mendelsohn (Irving’s son) invites film editor Robert Brotherton to examine material in his father’s garage. Brotherton recognizes the value of the deteriorating nitrate stock.

McCay: 

McCay In 1947, Jack Mendelsohn (Irving’s son) invites film editor Robert Brotherton to examine material in his father’s garage. Brotherton recognizes the value of the deteriorating nitrate stock. Began transfer to safety film stock (now housed in the Library of Congress)