Windsor McCay was one of the first superstars of the American comics strip, a pioneer in both cartooning and animation, massively prolific. All of his work is in the public domain, but where to start? Over at Robot 6, Chris Mautner provides the lowdown in the first installment of a new series of Comics College, “a monthly feature where we provide an introductory guide to some of the medium’s most important auteurs and offer our best educated suggestions on how to become familiar with their body of work”. The previous thirtytwo installments profiled the following cartoonists and writers:
- Los Bros Hernandez
- Jack Kirby
- Osamu Tezuka
- Robert Crumb
- Neil Gaiman
- Chris Ware
- Lewis Trondheim
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Art Spiegelman
- Eddie Campbell
- Harvey Pekar
- Kim Deitch
- Kevin Huizenga
- Herge
- Charles M. Schulz
- John Stanley
- Seth
- Frank Miller
- Joe Sacco
- Jason
- George Herriman
- Jack Cole
- Adrian Tomine
- Grant Morrison
- Jessica Abel
- Gabrielle Bell
- Scott McCloud
- Charles Burns
- Jacques Tardi
- Phoebe Gloeckner
- Marjane Satrapi
- David B.
It’s a decent list, one that’s clearly the work of one particular person’s tastes, but which is also partially driven by which creators are currently relevant for one reason or another. The one thing that’s a bit of a disappointment is the lack of female creators, only four in a list of thirtysomething.
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