I believe George Herriman, the cartoonist, was a member of a gentlemen's club, and they had put on ... and then hit on Krazy Kat, which ran from 1913 to 1944. He had gotten a contract with King ...

While many comic strip series have gone on to be considered some of the most influential of all time, none have been credited by other comic strip artists as much as the iconic Krazy Kat comic strips.