Have you ever wondered why Mickey Mouse and other iconic cartoon characters wear white gloves?Author Michael Tisserand suggests a credible — and uncomfortable — explanation in “Krazy: George ...

In 1924, a then-unknown Walt Disney worked on an animated Krazy Kat film; Herriman's friend E.C. Segar, creator of Popeye, said, "But for Herriman there wouldn't have been any Mickey Mouse." ...

A Krazy Kat strip dated 1939. As published in "Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White," by Michael Tisserand. (Courtesy of Heritage Auctions) George Herriman may be the most influential ...

A self-described ‘mutt,’ Obama encouraged us to think about race in ways that erased the color line. But George Herriman, another mutt, and his creation Krazy Kat were there first.

Almost nobody remembers Krazy Kat today. It has gone to the funny-paper graveyard along with the Katzenjammer Kids, Rip Kirby, Terry and the Pirates, the Yellow Kid, Little Nemo and dozens-hundreds?

Researching early sound cartoons is fascinating. By studying these efforts, it becomes easier to see why Disney’s Steamboat Willie was such a sensation and how Mickey Mouse became a superstar ...

Genius is simplicity. A dog, who is a policeman, loves a cat who loves a mouse. The mouse throws bricks at the cat, and the policeman jails him. Some aspect of this, more or less every day, for ...

George Herriman’s raucous and bittersweet “Krazy Kat,” published from 1913 to 1944, was the most ingenious comic strip of the 20th century. It featured a black, beribboned cat named Krazy ...

Krazy and Ignatz 'A Ragout of Raspberries' 1941-1942 George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard Fantagraphics Books: 120 pp., $19.95 -- It's pretty safe to say there's nothing else like "Krazy Kat." ...

Gabrielle Bellot on the comic strip “Krazy Kat,” featuring a gender-fluid cat, and the racial-identity struggles of its creator, George Herriman.

Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman, Edited and designed by Craig Yoe Not only is “Krazy Kat” (1913-44) the chief glory of the American newspaper comic strip; it evokes the salad days of ...

View Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse Specialty Drawing by Grim Natwick (Mintz/Krazy Kat Studio (1920s) By Grim Natwick; newspaper comic strip Krazy Kat was beloved by a few intellectuals and publishing ...