Winsor McCay - How a Mosquito Operates [1912]

He didn't just CHANGE the history of animation, he CREATED a lot of it!

LMAO what a demented mosquito, why is he ballancing on the guy's nose? XD;

This is so awesome, I love how 3D the guy is when he moves.

Winsor sure was into a lot of back-and-forthy motion in his animations though.

I'll be dammed if I ever see a mosquito the size of this one when is at the man's door. And it's a bit creepy ahah
But this is amazing.

According to the animators survival kit;
Winsor McCay's first animation were his 4000 drawings of 'Little Nemo - 1911' derived from his popular comic book strip Little Nemo in Slumberland. This was followed by how a mosquito operates and then Gertie in 1914

some do.. sad that people consider sliding words across a screen animation these days. It's industria man! you learn to live with it. Doesn't mean you gotta live like it tho ;-)

Wait a sec - this is OLDER that Gertie The Dinosaur?! Are you sure the date is right? And if so, what's with the complete, across-the-board canonical misnomer of calling Gertie the first?!!

Gerti was supposedly the first distinct character, not first animated film. technically, the first animated film is "humorous phases of funny faces"

By Emile Cohl, that's right. But I always thought "Gertie" was McCay's first stab at animation. Was THIS his first or was there another one before it?

i'm sure he did many many tests, but i'm not too sure, gonna have to do some digging :)

To set the record straight: the first animated film is widely considered to be "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" by J. Stewart Blackton (NOT Emile Cohl), from 1906. Winsor McCay's first animated film was 1911's "Little Nemo", followed by "How a Mosquito Operates" in 1912 and then "Gertie the Dinosaur" in 1914.