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Little Nemo & Winsor McCay Honored With Google Doodle

Winsor McCay, an early comic artist and animator is being honored with a Google Doodle today to celebrate the 107th anniversary of his well-known ”Little Nemo in Slumberland” comic.

The Doodle, which is called “Little Nemo in Google Land,” follows Nemo as his dreams take him into a magical land of search engines. A user can click on a hanging piece of ribbon to reveal a new frame of the character’s adventures through Google Land. The Google Doodle consists of five levels of the animation and ends in a search for the artist.

According to Wikipedia, the original comic was published in the New York Herald and William Randolf Hearst‘s New York AmericanThe Los Angeles Times has more about how McCay’s career: “He was a pioneer in the field of animation – a passion reportedly spurred when his son introduced him to a flipbook. A light bulb went on for McCay, who saw the possibilities in motion through sequential drawings. McCay created the ‘Little Nemo’ film in 1911, followed by ‘The Story of a Mosquito’ — a comic tale of a mosquito’s encounter with a drunk.”

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Thursday May 23: Real Talk about Life after Publication

These days, writers aren’t just writers: They’re social-media mavens, seasoned public speakers, and one-person publicity machines. And they still have to find time to write their books! Find out what life is like once you've landed that dream book contract in a free web chat with young-adult authors Elizabeth Norris (Unraveling and Unbreakable) and Brodi Ashton (Everneath and Everbound) — plus special guest Kristin Rens, editor at HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray. Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. ET. on Figment.com.