- #The figure in motion robert liberace update#
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If you do get any of the books, resist the temptation to read through them in a hurry. There is also a new book on Winsor McCay: His Life and Art, and Daydreams and Nightmares, a collection of his other (mostly black and white) illustration.
#The figure in motion robert liberace series#
The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland series (6 volumes) is a bit larger in page size, but the paper is matte and the colors are not as rich as the former title. Little Nemo 1905-1914 is nicely done and probably has the most strips in one volume. If you’re hooked, but can’t get So Many Splendid Sundays, there are other (smaller but less expensive) Little Nemo collections worth considering. Some smaller ones here and here and some black and white pages here and here. (The site’s not in English, but the links are graphic.) There are several linked from here, another page here, and more individual pages posted here and here and here and here.
#The figure in motion robert liberace full#
There are three full pages linked from here. The site I link at the bottom of this post has the best reproductions of Nemo pages I’ve found on the web, but here are a few others from my bookmarks. Here is a nicely illustrated Wikipedia article on Little Nemo and on McCay, a Little Nemo article on Toonpedia and an informative review of S o Many Splendid Sundays on Salon (requires watching an ad to read the entire article.). Rather than go on for pages and pages I’ll point you to some resources. This is such stuff as dreams are made on. McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland and George Harriman’s Krazy Kat are probably the two finest examples of comics as high art. To say McCay was a comic art pioneer is like saying Newton was good at physics. He also did several other comic strips, including Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend and Little Sammy Sneeze, created elegant illustrations and beautifully drawn social commentary cartoons (a bit like extravagant political cartoons, but more general in topic) and was one of the earliest creators of cartoon animation with his groundbreaking film Gertie the Dinosaur, all at the time when comics and movies were just starting to develop. He played with time and space, perspective and proportion, color and design in ways that few artists (in any medium) can ever hope to match. McCay was a virtuoso draughtsman and a superb colorist, and one of the finest masters of the comic art form. How can I describe Little Nemo? (Sigh.) Little Nemo in Slumberland was a stunningly beautiful, wildly imaginative, surreal, dazzling, spectacular, dizzying, marvelous, jaw-dropping, eye-popping, mind-expanding work of comic art. (The book is out of stock with the publisher until March of 2006, but you may be able to find it at Amazon.) The book was lovingly crafted by Peter Maresca. It’s been 100 years (in October) since Nemo began appearing in Newspapers and almost that long since the pages have been seen at their true size by anyone but collectors.
There are other collections of Little Nemo pages, but the real treat here is that these are presented as they were meant to be seen: at the size of a full Sunday newspaper page! Wow. This is a wonderful collection of 100 examples of one of the most beautiful comics ever created.
#The figure in motion robert liberace update#
Happy drawing and painting, and I will be back soon with an update on what I've been working on.I must have been a good boy this year, because Santa brought me a very nice treat indeed: a copy of Little Nemo in Slumberland – So many Splendid Sundays. Here is a short clip from this particular demonstration: This is by no means a short, 30-minute Bob Ross program. The seller sold all of them, and made quite a killing.īut the instruction and demonstration that Liberace gives is great, and the full drawing demonstration is filmed almost completely without editing, down to every tedious detail. The ebay seller had about 5 of these dvds starting at $25, and after quite a bidding frenzy on a couple of them, they sold for $58-$65. If they are ever available by that means, then I would obviously recommend that rather than the full $85 retail. I was fortunate enough to find my copy of this particular dvd on Ebay for only $25. Although, beware, it is not a cheap dvd and for many it can be considered a bit outrageous that Liberace charges $85 + shipping for his dvds from his website. I highly recommend Liberace's dvd's for the serious art student or anyone wanting to improve their drawing skills and understanding of the anatomy of the figure.