Krazy Kat Sunday by George Herriman from 2/25/1940

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This is a Krazy Kat Sunday Page by George Herriman. These are Comic Strip Masterpieces & Super Rare ! Fantastic and Unique Artwork by Herriman! This was cut from the original newspaper Saturday Comics Section of 1940. Size : 11 x 15 inches Paper: Excellent! Bright Colors! Pulled from Loose Sections! (Please Check Scans) Please include $5.00 Total postage on any size order (USA) $10.00 International Flat Rate . I combine postage on multiple pages . Check out my other auctions for more great vintage comicstrips and Paperdolls. Thanks for Looking! Krazy Kat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Krazy Kat Ignatz hurls a brick at Krazy Kat, who interprets it as an expression of love. Author(s)George Herriman Current status / schedule Ended Launch date October 13, 1913 End date June 25, 1944 Syndicate(s) King Features Syndicate Genre(s) Humor, romance Krazy Kat is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George Herriman , published daily in newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It first appeared in the New York Evening Journal , whose owner, William Randolph Hearst , was a major booster for the strip throughout its run. The characters had been introduced previously in a side strip with Herriman's earlier creation, The Dingbat Family .[ 1] The phrase "Krazy Kat" originated there, said by the mouse by way of describing the cat. Set in a dreamlike portrayal of Herriman's vacation home of Coconino County, Arizona , Krazy Kat 's mixture of offbeat surrealism , innocent playfulness and poetic, idiosyncratic language has made it a favorite of comics aficionados and art critics for more than 80 years. [2 ][ 3] [4 ]The strip focuses on the curious love triangle between its title character, a guileless, carefree, simple-minded cat of indeterminate gender (referred to as both "he" and "she"); the obsessive antagonist Ignatz Mouse; and the protective police dog, Offissa Bull Pupp. Krazy nurses an unrequited love for the mouse. However, Ignatz despises Krazy and constantly schemes to throw bricks at Krazy's head, which Krazy misinterprets as a sign of affection, uttering grateful replies such as "Li'l dollink, allus f'etful". Offissa Pupp, as Coconino County's administrator of law and order, makes it his unwavering mission to interfere with Ignatz's brick-tossing plans and lock the mouse in the county jail.Despite the slapstick simplicity of the general premise, it was the detailed characterization, combined with Herriman's visual and verbal creativity, that made Krazy Kat one of the first comics to be widely praised by intellectuals and treated as "serious" art. [2 ] Art critic Gilbert Seldes wrote a lengthy panegyric to the strip in 1924, calling it "the most amusing and fantastic and satisfactory work of art produced in America today." [5 ] Poet E. E. Cummings , another Herriman admirer, wrote the introduction to the first collection of the strip in book form. Though only a modest success during its initial run, in more recent years, many modern cartoonists have cited Krazy Kat as a major influence. Contents [hide ] 1 Overview 2 Cast of characters 2.1 Krazy Kat 2.2 Ignatz Mouse 2.3 Offissa Pupp 2.4 Secondary characters 3 History 3.1 Animated adaptations 3.2 A "Kounterfeit Krazy" 4 Chronology of formats 5 Legacy 6 Reprints and compilations 6.1 Henry Holt & Co. 6.2 Grosset & Dunlap/Nostalgia Press/Madison Square Press 6.3 Street Enterprises (Menomonee Falls) 6.4 Real Free Press 6.5 Hyperion Press 6.6 Harry N. Abrams 6.7 Morning Star Publications 6.8 Eclipse Comics 6.9 Kitchen Sink Press 6.10 Stinging Monkey/BookSurge 6.11 Pacific Comics 6.12 Fantagraphics Books 6.13 Sunday Press Books 6.14 IDW Publishing 7 References 8 Notes 9 External links [ edit ] Overview Note the ever-changing backgrounds in this January 21, 1922 page as Krazy tries to understand why Door Mouse is carrying a door. Krazy Kat takes place in a heavily stylized version of Coconino County, Arizona , with Herriman filling the page with caricatured flora and fauna, and rock formation landscapes typical of the Painted Desert .[ 6... read more

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