Origins of the Sunday Comics by Peter Maresca for September 25, 2013

Talking about Little Nemo, when we’ll see him here?

Yah—put Nemo here!!

I hope he didn’t blow out the gas….

The “He dream’t he dwelt on marble roofs” line is an obvious parody of this song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Halls

It is also similar to Winsor McKay’s “Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend.”