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Winsor McCay made a whole newspaper page part of the dream. In these surviving Sunday pages, panels stretch with a walking bed, buildings refuse to stay put, and a last square brings Nemo back to his bedroom. The captions point out what changes from panel to panel.

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The Invitation to Slumberland (October 15, 1905)
The Invitation to Slumberland (October 15, 1905): King Morpheus sends a messenger for Nemo in the first New York Herald…
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The Mushroom Forest (October 22, 1905)
The Mushroom Forest (October 22, 1905): Nemo wanders into a forest of mushrooms taller than he is. McCay varies the depth…
3
Nemo on Stilts (October 29, 1905)
Nemo on Stilts (October 29, 1905): Nemo gets a pair of stilts for the trip to Slumberland. As they grow, the panels grow…
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The Turkey That Swallowed the House (November 26, 1905)
The Turkey That Swallowed the House (November 26, 1905): A giant turkey stands over rows of city buildings with Nemo’s…
5
Father Time’s Hall of Years (December 31, 1905)
Father Time’s Hall of Years (December 31, 1905): The numbered panels follow winged Father Time through a hall of years. The…
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A Starry Carriage to Slumberland (January 7, 1906)
A Starry Carriage to Slumberland (January 7, 1906): In this page from the Herald’s European edition, attendants in…
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The Flying Rings (February 4, 1906)
The Flying Rings (February 4, 1906): Nemo’s uncle demonstrates a series of tricks on the rings. The tall frames follow the…
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The Zebra Procession (March 4, 1906)
The Zebra Procession (March 4, 1906): A broad lower panel lets a procession of zebras stream diagonally past Nemo. The…
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The Butterfly Garden (August 12, 1906)
The Butterfly Garden (August 12, 1906): Oversized butterflies fill the top of the page before appearing again beside Nemo…
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An Elephant in Five Panels (September 23, 1906)
An Elephant in Five Panels (September 23, 1906): Each tall panel brings the decorated elephant’s face closer. By the last…
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Jack Frost’s Palace (February 24, 1907)
Jack Frost’s Palace (February 24, 1907): Jack Frost’s palace takes up the full width of the opening panel. A bright halo…
12
Two Giants Approach the City (September 15, 1907)
Two Giants Approach the City (September 15, 1907): Nemo and his companion grow large enough to stride over the rooftops…
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Giant Flip in Lower Manhattan (September 29, 1907)
Giant Flip in Lower Manhattan (September 29, 1907): Nemo and his companion climb down between high-rises to the waterfront…
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Befuddle Hall’s Changing Proportions (February 2, 1908)
Befuddle Hall’s Changing Proportions (February 2, 1908): Befuddle Hall bends the bodies of Nemo and his companions to fit…
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Befuddle Hall Turns Sideways (February 23, 1908)
Befuddle Hall Turns Sideways (February 23, 1908): Doorways and panels of patterned wall seem stable until the corridor…
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A Street in Shanty Town (March 29, 1908)
A Street in Shanty Town (March 29, 1908): Nemo carries a wand down the street in the Shanty Town sequence. Repeating brick…
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The Sickroom in Shanty Town (April 19, 1908)
The Sickroom in Shanty Town (April 19, 1908): The Shanty Town story follows Nemo to a sickroom. A thin mattress on a…
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The Walking Bed (July 26, 1908)
The Walking Bed (July 26, 1908): The bed’s legs lengthen until it strides over rooftops. The panels grow tall enough to…
19
Flip’s Runaway Train (September 6, 1908)
Flip’s Runaway Train (September 6, 1908): Flip drives an engine through a fence and into one collision after another. McCay…
20
The Bakery That Disappears (November 8, 1908)
The Bakery That Disappears (November 8, 1908): The bakery’s giant pies vanish one after another, and then the floor goes…
21
A Ride on a Thanksgiving Turkey (November 22, 1908)
A Ride on a Thanksgiving Turkey (November 22, 1908): A giant turkey snatches Nemo from his room. The lower panels alternate…

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