COMIC ARTIST

Winsor McCay

1867 - 1934

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Zenas Winsor McCay (c. 1866–1871 – July 26, 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905–1914; 1924–1927) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. From a young age, McCay was a quick, prolific, and technically dextrous artist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Winsor McCay is the 50th most popular comic artist (down from 35th in 2019), the 3,218th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,904th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Winsor McCay ranks 50 out of 226. Before him are Guillermo Mordillo, Masashi Kishimoto, Shigeru Mizuki, Yoshihiro Togashi, Caran d'Ache, and Bill Finger. After him are Saul Steinberg, Riyoko Ikeda, Charles Addams, Gosho Aoyama, Monkey Punch, and Marjane Satrapi.

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Among people born in 1867, Winsor McCay ranks 70. Before him are Marie Krøyer, Elvira Madigan, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Amy Beach, Julien Benda, and Arthur Rackham. After him are Anathon Aall, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Sister Nivedita, Emil Krebs, Konstantin Balmont, and Hiranuma Kiichirō. Among people deceased in 1934, Winsor McCay ranks 64. Before him are Charles Webster Leadbeater, Thorleif Haug, Kate Sheppard, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Erich Mühsam, and Edmund Heines. After him are Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Ferdinand von Bredow, Fritz Gerlich, Infante Gonzalo of Spain, Lauri Ingman, and Benjamin Baillaud.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Winsor McCay ranks 3,218 out of 20,380. Before him are Elijah Wood (1981), Garret Hobart (1844), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Barbara Kruger (1945), and Bill Viola (1951). After him are Russ Meyer (1922), Joan Bennett (1910), Billy Preston (1946), Harlan Ellison (1934), Karen Black (1939), and Joe Rantz (1914).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Winsor McCay ranks 15. Before him are Joe Simon (1913), Steve Ditko (1927), John Romita Sr. (1930), Don Rosa (1951), Will Eisner (1917), and Bill Finger (1914). After him are Charles Addams (1912), E. C. Segar (1894), Jerry Siegel (1914), Jim Davis (1945), Richard F. Outcault (1863), and Al Taliaferro (1905).

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