Winsor McCay: 10 things you need to know about the cartoonist and animator

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Google has today celebrated the 107th anniversary of the American illustrator's Little Nemo in Slumberland by recreating the comic strip

To mark the 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland, Google has created one of its most elaborate doodles ever.

Here are 10 things you need to know about the cartoonist...

1. Winsor Zenic McCay was born in Spring Lake, Michigan, on 26 September 1869, according to his tombstone, although he himself claimed to have been born in 1871

2. McCay's first major comic strip series was A Tale of the Jungle Imps by Felix Fiddle in the Cincinnati Enquirer

3. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo, which was based on the adventures of a boy of around six-years-old and ran in the New York Herald from 1905 to 1911

4. For legal reasons, McCay worked under the pen name "Silas" on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend

5. McCay was hired by William Randolph Hearst in 1911 and went to work on the newspaper mogul's New York American as an editorial cartoonist

6. McCay's cartoons were never overwhelmingly popular, but always had a strong following because of his expressive graphic style

7. He also started to experiment with animated cartoons and created the 1914 classic Gertie the Dinosaur

8. His pioneering early animated films set a standard followed by Walt Disney and others in later decades

9. McCay also created The Sinking of the Lusitania, a propaganda cartoon which contained a message that was meant to inspire America to enter World War I

10. McCay died on July 26, 1934 of a cerebral embolism

10 of Gandhi's Memorable Quotes

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Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), political and spiritual leader of India. Location unknown.

October 2 saw the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi. The Indian luminary, famous for leading the Indian nation to independence in peaceful means, is deemed an inspirational figure to this day, over 60 years after his death in 1948. 
As a tribute to Gandhi, here’s a collection of some of his thought-provoking quotes.

1. ON LIFE
"My life is my message."

2. ON BEING A SOLDIER
“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.“

3. ON FAITH IN HUMANITY
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

4. ON NONVIOLENCE
“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”

5. ON THE SEVEN SINS
“Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice."

6. ON TRUTH
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained.”

7. ON THE "STILL SMALL VOICE"
“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.”

8. ON LIBERTY
“I’m a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.”

9. ON FORGIVENESS
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” 

10. ON THE NATURE OF MAN
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
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