Nemo!
by Ray Bradbury
Between 1905 and 1914, the American cartoonist Winsor McCay created a comic strip called, alternately, Little Nemo in Slumberland and In the Land of Wondrous Dreams. The serialized adventure recounted the dream journeys of a young boy (Nemo) toward the gates of Slumberland, where the Princess--his destined playmate--awaited. Over the years, this comic has exerted a considerable impact on modern popular culture. Among the readers influenced by this strip was Ray Bradbury. Nemo! is an original Bradbury screenplay set in the dreamscape that is Nemo's world. It is an act of homage to Winsor McCay. Beginning at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, the narrative moves through successive levels of Dream, encompassing moments of beauty, wonder, and raucous comedy while bringing a gallery of classic McCay characters--Nemo, the Princess, Dr. Pill, the sometimes villainous Flip--to life. Nemo! is a collaboration between Ray Bradbury and Winsor McCay.
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Between 1905 and 1914, the American cartoonist Winsor McCay created a comic strip called, alternately, Little Nemo in Slumberland and In the Land of Wondrous Dreams. The serialized adventure recounted the dream journeys of a young boy (Nemo) toward the gates of Slumberland, where the Princess--his destined playmate--awaited. Over the years, this comic has exerted a considerable impact on modern popular culture. Among the readers influenced by this strip was Ray Bradbury. Nemo! is an original Bradbury screenplay set in the dreamscape that is Nemo's world. It is an act of homage to Winsor McCay. Beginning at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, the narrative moves through successive levels of Dream, encompassing moments of beauty, wonder, and raucous comedy while bringing a gallery of classic McCay characters--Nemo, the Princess, Dr. Pill, the sometimes villainous Flip--to life. Nemo! is a collaboration between Ray Bradbury and Winsor McCay.