Banister Slide: Nemo and Flip slide down a very long and winding banister in one issue, which ends up going in zigzags, wavy bumps, and corkscrews.
It ends up becoming a nightmare for Nemo when he and his parents begin turning into crudely drawn stick figures. Art Shift: This strip shows the world around Nemo and Flip gradually turning into art as drawn by Flip.
All Just a Dream: Every single strip is all just a dream.Abusive Parents: Nemo's parents threaten to spank him for things that he does in his sleep that he really has no control over, like falling out of bed, yelling in his sleep, and even kicking the covers off his bed.This all suggests the trip arc arc was aborted early due to either McCay or the Herald (or both) not wanting to put any effort in the comic during the remaining months before the changeover. However, several strips featuring a completely different arc (involving Nemo making animals talk by sniffing a magic flower) ran in the Herald before the changeover, featuring drab, limited colors compared to the previous strips' vibrant palette. This travel arc occurred right before the comic strip changed newspapers in 1911, from The New York Herald to papers owned by William Randolph Hearst, so the arc was likely to be aborted regardless.
The trip through North American cities is never brought up again. But in the very next strip, Nemo and the princess are whisked away by the god Mercury into a completely unrelated adventure. The airship eventually reaches Chicago, where Nemo is reunited with the Princess of Slumberland, and dialogue makes clear that the next stop is Milwaukee. Nemo decides to use the airship to take his friends on a trip to various cities in America and Canada, starting with New York and heading west.