Comics even gave the world knock-knock jokes ... Kids which debuted in 1897 and George Herriman, the man behind Krazy Kat, perhaps the greatest comic strip of all time (pace Peanuts and Calvin ...

There were Krazy Kat and Ignatz dolls, animated films, a ragtime tune and even a jazz ballet. The strip's influence continued after Herriman's death in 1944: Dell Comics released anthologies in ...

“Krazy Kat,” George Herriman’s exuberant and idiosyncratic ... a number of writers have grappled with this aspect of Herriman’s work. “In the comics page no less than in social life ...

Krazy Kat, which ran from 1913 to 1944 ... Crumb called Herriman the “Leonardo da Vinci of comics.” Author Tisserand builds a strong case for Herriman’s reach and influence as a cartoonist ...

Despite Krazy Kat, Herriman continued pursuing other comic ... In 1974, the OrlandoCon comics convention introduced the Ignatz Award, a prestigious award given to artists who exemplify the same ...

Befitting its status as one of the masterworks of comics art, Herriman's Krazy Kat has been reprinted many times over the decades. But this new volume stands out. While most collections focus on ...

Among other things, it changed comics forever. The second Krazy Kat daily strip shows, over eight panels, Krazy Kat descending a staircase. Poetry in motion. By the time the first Sunday strip ...

New Orleans-born Krazy Kat cartoonist George Herriman (Photo by Will Connell, courtesy Michael Tisserand) "Krazy: A Life in Black and White," the biography of Crescent City-born newspaper ...

Comics buffs also recognize McDonnell's love of comics classics like Krazy Kat, and his devotion to a brilliantly expressive minimalist art style. Few strips have managed to tickle readers' fancy ...