Jason Little is a cartoonist whose first graphic novel, Shutterbug Follies (Doubleday, $25), was published in October. Here he chooses his favorite comic books.

Little Nemo in the Palace of Ice by Winsor McCay (Dover Publications, $13). Winsor McCay is the greatest cartoonist who ever lived. His fantasy strips about the wondrously hallucinatory dreams of a little boy are pinnacles of drafting, design, and formal play. He also invented the animated cartoon as we know it.

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