 In 1966 , cartoonist Woody Gelman discovered the original artwork for many Little Nemo strips at a cartoon studio where McCay 's son Robert had worked . Many of the recovered originals were displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art under the direction of curator A. Hyatt Mayor . In 1973 , Gelman published a collection of Little Nemo strips in Italy . His collection of McCay originals is preserved at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University . 
