Friday, November 23, 2007

Animation pioneer may get hometown honor

Nestled between the Spring Lake District Library and Spring Lake Township Hall off Exchange Street is a small area marked by a solitary picnic table and sections of the former Union School foundation still jutting above the green grass.

It was here in the late 19th century that famed illustrator-cartoonist-animator Winsor McCay went to school and began drawing.

McCay eventually moved to New York to pen highly acclaimed cartoons for such papers as the New York Herald and The American.

His comics included Little Sammy Sneeze, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend and Little Nemo in Slumberland. All were intricately drawn with startling detail and daring use of black ink.

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