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 ...

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 Kat was an icon of the 20th century — the magazine Vanity Fair called Herriman’s humor and originality “comparable only to ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ ” “Genius” is how Stan ...

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?

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." ...

Other writers appreciated “Krazy Kat” and its border-crossing genius as well. P.G. Wodehouse wrote about Herriman on the 10th anniversary of the strip: “In Krazy Kat Mr. Herriman has got ...

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 ...

By Glen David Gold, The Washington Post. KRAZY: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White By Michael Tisserand. Harper. 560 pp. $35. ISBN 978-0061732997 ...

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