Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland

Winsor McCay was ahead of his time in comics & his creation of Little Nemo's Adventures in Slumberland is a timeless classic.  I was first introduced to Nemo & friends as a child through the cartoon made in the 1980s  Like the original work by McCay the art is the highlight of this book Gabriel Rodriguez is a master at recreating & updating the world McCay imagined.  The story starts off kind of slow but it continues to draw you in & by issue two you can't put it down.  The tessellated tower & the lava lake are the highlights of this book I would love to see a book that explores dreams the way this does.  This is Nemo for a new generation; it is a great way for parents to introduce their kids to this character & the legacy that was created.  There are some gripes about this but they are minor the major one for me though is Flip.  He is just as out of control as ever but they have made him less rough around the edges.  This is definitely a more politically correct version of Nemo but other than that I would love to see an ongoing series spiral out of this.


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