The revised edition is now 272 pages - 48 more pages than the old edition - and filled with never-before published photos, artwork and research. New material includes:
Never-before published pages from McCay’s private animation production notebook revealing the filmmaker’s ideas for timing and visualizations in "Gertie the Dinosaur" (1914), "Lusitania," and "Flip’s Circus" (c. 1921).The book retails for $40.00, but I recommend you pre-order it on Amazon.com for $29.70.Rare concept art by McCay for a second film starring Gertie the Dinosaur.
New documentation of McCay’s early career, including the Wonderland and Eden Musee in Detroit, where he sold his first cartoons.
McCay’s professional relationship and longtime personal friendship with cartoonist Apthorp "Ap" Adams, one of his two assistants on the monumental animated epic "The Sinking of the Lusitania" (1918).
Full-page reproduction of a 1907 New York Herald showcasing eight top comic strip cartoonists and illustratorm including McCay, and their art.
A complete Winsor McCay Chronology, and extensive additions to the Notes and Bibliography sections.
Many rarely seen photos and drawings from private collections.
A new cover, book design and page layout.