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June 1: Dinosaurs on

Winsor McCay's fantastic Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). More details in the image description.

Sorry, too much a myself today to come up with a coherent sentence. I'm just going to leave this here blog.animationstudies.org/?p=2

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Kinetograph · @Kinetograph
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Winsor McCay - Dream of the Rarebit Fiend Sunday strip, March 9, 1913

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Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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109 years ago:
Gertie the Dinosaur (US)
Although not the first feature-length animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. The appearance of a true character distinguished it from earlier animated "trick films", such as those of Blackton and Cohl, and makes it the p...
1914-02-08
themoviedb.org/movie/100246

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dance along the edge · @dance_along_the_edge
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1) by George Herriman

2) (Schulz was right to hate this name) by Charles M. Schulz

3) by Windsor McCay

4) by E.C. Segar

Probably no one will give me too much grief over these first four. After this it gets more idiosyncratic.

5/?
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wertham · @wertham
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Hi folks! I'm . I was born in East Zorra Township in SW Ontario way back in Sep 1867... so I guess that makes me (barely) Canadian, eh? I created Little Nemo In in 1905 but I received no screen credit in the most excellent Francis Lawrence adaptation. Now does that seem fair to you?

The two most important people in animation are Winsor McCay & ... and I'm not sure which should go first.

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𝕎𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕞 · @wertham
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Hi folks! I'm . I was born in East Zorra Township in SW Ontario way back in Sep 1867... so I guess that makes me (barely) Canadian, eh? I created Little Nemo In in 1905 but I received no screen credit in the most excellent Francis Lawrence adaptation. Now does that seem fair to you?

The two most important people in animation are Winsor McCay & ... and I'm not sure which should go first.

#winsormccay #Slumberland #waltdisney #chuckjones

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E.N. Wilson · @ChiselerNeil
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RT @BarnaclePress@twitter.com
What ME worry?

Winsor McCay, I Should Worry!
November 27, 1912

twitter.com/BarnaclePress/stat

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