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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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It might be worth looking through a collection of comics by Winsor
McCay.  Two of his most prominent strips, "Little Nemo in Slumberland"
and "Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend", are essentially graphic representations
of dreams.  In each, the title character goes to sleep, dreams, and
wakes up.  The first and last panels of each strip would be targets for
searching for "ZZZZ".

A well-stocked public library would likely have a book or two about
McCay.  And even if it doesn't prove useful to your research, you'll get
to see some of the best graphic art of the early 20th century.


>>
> >> If I were to want to trace the history of the use of ZZZ for
snoring
> >> in cartoons, what would be my best way of doing that? I have to
> >> assume that there's something better than dumpster-diving old comic
> >> books (wherever they even may be found), but I'm not entirely sure
> >> where to start looking.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> James Harbeck
> >>
>

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