A letter published in the January 10, 1938 issue of
Time Magazine...
Sirs:
In your article in TIME issue of Dec. 27 regarding the accomplishments of Walt Disney, the author has failed to give credit to the man who is the father of animated cartoons and who created them almost 30 years ago at which time Mr. Disney was probably running around in rompers.
I refer to Mr. Winsor McCay who died about three years ago.
Mr. McCay was an artist in every sense of the word and his cartoons of “Little Nemo” and “Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend” that appeared in Sunday newspaper supplements were the joy and delight of the youngsters of that day.
His first animated cartoon showed a prehistoric animal he called “Gertie” and while
Mr. McCay stood in front of the screen and gave a sort of lecture, “Gertie” would bow and act as if she were responding to Mr. Mc-Cay’s instructions.
I am not for taking away from Mr. Disney any of the glory he justly deserves, for I, like many others, consider him the No. 1 animated cartoonist of today but I am only asking for credit where credit is due.
HENRY W. WILSON
New York City
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