A dream born in the metropolis: considerations about the modern city in Little Nemo in Slumberland

Abstract

The modern Era, of revolutionary and progressist nature, was a great catalyst, not only at an industrial level, but in terms of communication and rupture of past paradigms. In this period the representation of the city was particularly intense: studies and ambitious projects emerged as reformers of issues associated with urban problems of that time. It is also at this moment that Comics gain importance and prominence in Society and especially in the City. The representation of the city gains a new dimension; it becomes an element of inspiration. Windsor McCay was an artist ahead of his time. Is he himself a Radical Modern to question the zeitgeist and the development of modern cities through his graphic experiences and reflections present on his work Little Nemo in Slumberland?