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Hissyspit

(45,790 posts) Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:17 AM Oct 2012

Oh, wow. Fantastic Animated Google Doodle for Today: LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND

"On October 15th, 2012, Google showed an animated Doodle for the 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland."

http://www.google.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsor_McCay

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Oh, wow. Fantastic Animated Google Doodle for Today: LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND (Original Post) Hissyspit Oct 2012 OP

That was truly cool! Google really knows how to do these. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #1

Beautiful and playful siligut Oct 2012 #2

Rats! It's not loading for me... beac Oct 2012 #3

try Google Chrome Ghost of Tom Joad Oct 2012 #9

Cool! Art_from_Ark Oct 2012 #4

Thanks! pamela Oct 2012 #5

I got to see some of Winsor McKay's original pages at a museum in Paris a couple of years ago. Marr Oct 2012 #6

I remember watching the animated film sakabatou Oct 2012 #7

nice, thanks eShirl Oct 2012 #8

Kick nt Hissyspit Oct 2012 #10

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,985 posts)

1. That was truly cool! Google really knows how to do these.

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:19 AM

Oct 2012

siligut

(12,272 posts)

2. Beautiful and playful

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:24 AM

Oct 2012

Have run it a couple of times already.

beac

(9,992 posts)

3. Rats! It's not loading for me...

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:31 AM

Oct 2012

Ghost of Tom Joad

(1,446 posts)

9. try Google Chrome

Reply to beac (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 08:15 AM

Oct 2012

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

4. Cool!

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:51 AM

Oct 2012

That was really amazing

pamela

(3,481 posts)

5. Thanks!

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 01:57 AM

Oct 2012

That was very cool. Thanks for the heads up. I might have missed that.

Marr

(20,317 posts)

6. I got to see some of Winsor McKay's original pages at a museum in Paris a couple of years ago.

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:19 AM

Oct 2012

I'm a huge fan of his. It was a real delight to see his work in person, with the actual smudges on the pencil lines and reworked figures still visible on the page. Incredible cartoonist.

sakabatou

(46,335 posts)

7. I remember watching the animated film

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:22 AM

Oct 2012

eShirl

(20,432 posts)

8. nice, thanks

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:37 AM

Oct 2012

I remember this Tom Petty video's animation was inspired by Little Nemo

Hissyspit

(45,790 posts)

10. Kick nt

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:02 AM

Oct 2012

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