Presentation and Booksigning by John Canemaker
Judith Rosenberg on Piano

To celebrate the centenary of Little Nemo, the boy dreamer whose fantastic adventures in Slumberland are chronicled in Winsor McCay's dazzling early-twentieth-century comic strip series, John Canemaker delivers this special presentation based on his critically acclaimed, newly expanded biography Winsor McCay: His Life and Art. The lecture is illustrated with stunning images from the book, as well as 35mm archival prints of four of McCay's greatest films: Little Nemo (1911, 3 mins), the first adaptation of a comic strip to a film format; the indelibly disturbing How a Mosquito Operates (1912, 6 mins); Gertie the Dinosaur (1914, 18 mins), the charming and infinitely influential animation McCay designed as part of a Vaudeville act; and The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918, 12 mins), a somber animated counterpart to McCay's editorial cartoons.

Following the presentation, Canemaker will sign copies of Winsor McCay: His Life and Art, on sale at the screening and in the Museum Store ($45, hardcover). Purchase a copy at the screening and receive the 10 percent members' discount!

• (Total program: c. 80 mins, Silent, B&W, 35mm, From La Cinémathèque québécoise)