Tis just a springtime evening song

Though the source of the circled X/lightning bolt is interesting, I find it much more relevant to ask: "What purpose does the circle/bolt motif serve in the comic"? NOTHING seems to have been written on this, which is odd. Usually these symbols are followed by a small dot, like a period. Does this mean they are initials of some kind? What do these symbols mean/how do they function in context? They are totally mystifying to me and I'm surprised the wealth of Krazy Kat scholarship has not attempted this yet.

I grew up in the 1960's and remember Krazy Kat as a Saturday morning cartoon. "I have a habit of saying, "Ignatz! You poor widdle mouse!" Anymore, there are few people who have no clue as to where it came from.

How many times did Mr. Harriman draw Ignatz hitting KK with a brick?

As a cartoonist I always site George Herriman as my Guru. I have read a lot of comic art over the years, but never anything as profound or wonderful as Krazy Kat.

Thank you for putting up such a wonderful site. I hope more and more people keep discovering his magnificent art.

I just discovered Krazy Kat this very night and have fallen in love with this strip. The idea of a cat who loves a mouse who throws bricks at his/her head is genius. I've been going through strips and some are funny and some confuse me, perhaps humour has changed some in 80 years. I look forward to reading more and discovering more.

I see King Features owns the characters and so I sent off an email to them seeking permision to recreate some of the strips into animated shorts. I'm a classically trained animator who is unemployed with little to do and thought it would be a fun project. As I explained to them I could do it as a fan project and skirt legal issues but would rather do it as an officially licenced project.

I guess we will see what the powers that be think of my idea.

Thanks for this great site, I look forward to further exploring it and the world of Coconino County.

And I can so relate to poor Krazy being madly in love. I've had a good many bricks aimed at my head in the past and enjoyed everyone of them. sigh

krazy, ignatz and offissa pup make my day. Thanks for this site, Peter

Tried searching threads for one already- I've only ever heard about Krazy Kat! I know, I know- where do I go with my credit card?
My understanding is that there is no very adequate collection that I may purchase? Can someone educate me? Tyvm

This is in reply to Bill, about the line "Every day my eye grows keener, my good arm stronger, my silly enemies more futile." That line is from a Krazy Kat strip, dated March 20th, 1938. Instead of "eye," Ignatz says "mind." It's in the book The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics. I have no idea if it's in print or not, but my copy was published in 1987 (it's the 6th edition). I'm not gonna tell you what happens, because that kills the joke! ;)That line stuck with me, because it makes me think of going to school...

To Peter Campbell:
Thanks for putting me in touch with Rob Pistella. Rob is pleasant to deal with and a man of his word.
Jay

Hi, This is for Jay Jensen, I collect Herriman originals and would love to see your item, I am interested in purchasing it, please let the webmaster (Peter Campbell) know by clicking on his name at the footer of this page and sending him your email so he can forward it to me and I can contact you. thanks!!

(note from Peter - I advised rob not to publish his email on this public web site in order to avoid spam)

I have an 8X10 drawing of Krazy Kat, ignatz and offissa pup with coconino county scenery. My great uncle was a close friend of George Harriman. It was given to him and the inscription reads "to Harry Frandsen mit luff and dewotion" signed Geo Herriman.
I would like to sell this original to a collector. Could you give me information on how to place a value on it and where to sell it.
Thanks, Jay

I am such a lucky fellow. I am now eighty years old, born in 1929. I always looked forward to reading Krazy Kat in the Sunday paper, that in those days printed the funny paper strips in huge format, on really large pages. The world is now a smaller, tighter, painful little place.

Good to know that, after all these years, all are still with us.

Hello. The bibliography resource on the site seems to be slightly not that greatly up to date, so here a few hints :
1/ apart from the "year by year" Fantagraphics reprints, their "big books" are worth noting, including everything that's in the smaller ones except the cover art (not original Herriman, anyway) ; vols. 2 and 3 are available (covering 1925-1944, with volume 2 reprinted after a first limited 1000-copy edition, but there may never be a third edition, so hurry) ; vol. 1 should come some day ; expensive but worth every penny ; if you can, buy them in shops rather than online, Fantagraphics' delivery service is a sheer horror (living in France and the books not being distributed by Amazon or the like, unfortunately I had no such choice, and BOTH my copies arrived in a sad, sad condition) ;
2/ also from Fantagraphics : "The Kat who walked in beauty : The panoramic dailies of 1920", a huge, beautiful book, that presumably will not be reprinted when exhausted, so also hurry ; this one can be had from Amazon &c. (sorry about that, Mr. Fantagraphics, but it was your choice in the first place to ship your own books in lousy packagings...) ;
3/ and finally, from Pacific Comics Club (http://www.pacificcomics.com), 3 small, wonderfully crafted volumes of dailies covering 1921, 1922 and 1923 ; also a limited 1000-copy edition, published 2003-4-5 ; presumbaly there will be no further volumes ; my copy of the 1921 book is # 707, those of the 1922 and 1923 ones are around # 570, so not that much time to lose, folks... AND it is a pleasure to exchange with Mr. Tony Raiola and his Italian-American waay of explaining things !
Hope this helps some of you Kat lovers !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krazy_Kat is a great link to info on Krazy Kat and Ignatz the Mouse.

This was the first TV I ever remember, the black and white cartoons in 1963 and 1964 I was 4 years old.

I now own a T shirt that shows Ignatz throwing a brick at Krazy Kat. Nobody understands it, but I do and luv it! :D

Does anyone know if this line is from a Krazy Kat strip?

"Every day my eye grows keener, my good arm stronger, my silly enemies more futile"

My apologies - I just discovered that both this forum and the contact form on my website have been broken for some time. My internet host forced me into a quick server move last July, and the new server had security restrictions in place that I hadn't accounted for. All should be working now.

There are 3 Krazy Kat animated cartoons at YouTube:
Krazy Kat - Bugologist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgWgS0lJzPQ&feature=related
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcmfe0F6vVA
Krazy Kat And Ignatz Mouse At The Circus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNrL_-jVvXo&feature=related

Tito and his Burrito, along with the Fox and the Crow, were in DCs Real Screen Comics,later changed to TV Screen Cartoons before ending in 1961.

As for Krazy Kat,I have looked at a few of those old comic books.They were not by Herriman and are only of real interest to any complete collectors of anything involving Krazy Kat.I even forgot which company did them.

I remember reading Krazy Kat in comic book form when I was very young. I was born in 1946 so this must have been early 50's. Boy, I wish I had thought to keep those old comic books. I enjoyed Fox and Crow, too. One character I also remember was 'TITO and his BURRITO' but I forget which comic book they were in.

Paulette Choné, « 3000 emblèmes d’amour : Krazy Kat de George Herriman (1913-1944) », Emblematic Tendencies in the Art and Literature of the Twentieth Century, Anthony J. Harper, Ingrid Höpel and Susan Sirc eds., Glasgow Emblem Studies, 2005, vol. 10, pp. 83-98.

I have created an extremely accurate replica of the Krazy Kat t-shirt worn by Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction.

I mainly worked from high definition screen shots of the movie.

Get yours here :)
http://www.cafepress.com/kurtyshirts.223080329

When I was 15 I found this book in my grandfather's basement.my maternal grandfather,Bill Braucher,had worked for the NEA Syndicate and had written for Our Boarding House for close to 20 years.(He had been dead for years by then,but my grandmother,who still lived there,let me have the Krazy Kat book.
I had remembered the cartoons,but this was a whole new world.I saw what Herriman's strip had really been like in terms of design,characterization and continuities.I saw George Herriman's marvelously surreal world of Coconino County-and realized the cartoons seldom captured this at all.
Ever since I have been a Krazy Kat Kollector-and now that Fantagraphics has only one issue to go in their Sunday Page reprint series I am hoping there will be a series which reprints the dalies.I would love to see the FULL Tiger Tea story.

Does anyone know the definitive answer as to where the Pulp Fiction t-shirt image came from?

Anyone got the actual strip who can email me a picture to confirm it? Kurtyboy@blueyonder.co.uk

I am working on making this t-shirt and although my drawing is very good it could still be improved upon.

Thanks :)

I first saw a Krazy Kat page on the Net while I was searching something completely different a few weeks ago. What a coup de foudre !!! Since then I bought four Krazy Kat books (FantaGraphics) and I LOVE it ! As english is not my mother language and as Krazy's vocabulary is quite bizarre, i just understand, maybe 50% of it. But that's enough to feel the poetry of it, and I wouldnt'y buy a french traduction (I know there are a few), I'm pretty sure I would loose more than I would win...

I first saw a Krazy Kat page on the Net while I was searching something completely different a few weeks ago. What a coup de foudre !!! Since then I bought four Krazy Kat books (FantaGraphics) and I LOVE it ! As english is not my mother language and as Krazy's vocabulary is quite bizarre, i just understand, maybe 50% of it. But that's enough to feel the poetry of it, and I wouldnt'y buy a french traduction (I know there are a few), I'm pretty sure I would loose more than I would win...

e-mail me with info at newgorleans@gmail.com
(see previous post)

I have what I think is a first edition hard bound, Krazy Kat book. With an Introduction by E. E. CUMMINGS and published by Henry Holt and Company, New York. Copywrite, 1946. The cover is green cloth and the pages are not numbered. Does anyone know anything about this book? thanks

I first saw a Krazy Kat page on the Net while I was searching something completely different a few weeks ago. What a coup de foudre !!! Since then I bought four Krazy Kat books (FantaGraphics) and I LOVE it ! As english is not my mother language and as Krazy's vocabulary is quite bizarre, i just understand, maybe 50% of it. But that's enough to feel the poetry of it, and I wouldnt'y buy a french traduction (I know there are a few), I'm pretty sure I would loose more than I would win...

Just stumbled upon your site whilst googling my own name here in Manchester, England(quite sad really!), but you've just made me a fan!

jussa few werds aboot this sight....there, thems a fiew and dats alota luv for a lonely katmenz. OH! THERES A HEP HEP HEPPY PLACE FUR FUR AWAY!
for-evah yers
caine

Hello,

Fans of Krazy Kat may be interested in listening to this BBC 4 radio documentary.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?
/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/krazykat

Would the person named Robert who has been trying to submit an entry here about a four-window strip please click on my name in the footer at the bottom of this page and contact me? Your entry is not coming through in a fashion that allows me to publish it. I'm not sure why.

Just coming around again to thank the webmaster for this website - the BEST one there is on Krazy and Ignatz!

During the early 60s,KFS contratced Paramount cartoon studios to make cartoon versions of a few of their comic strips.They were Krazy Kat(which was my introcution to the whole setup),Beetle Bailey(which was somehwat faithful to the strip)and Snuffy Smith(which had original strip-stars Barney Google and Spark Plug as semi-regulars).I am not sure how much Mort Walker or Fred Laswell were involved or consulted on the cartoons(probably not much)and of course,Herriman was 20 years dead.Interesting that the 60s Krazy Kats stayed a bit truer to the Herriman style than those theatrical Columbia Krazy Kats made in the 30s(which I only remember vaguely...but what I remember had nothing to do with Herriman's strip).

I think you might be referring to the Krazy Kat cartoons made for television in the 60s. Scroll to the last paragraph or two of my News and Trivia page and you will find some details on them, including ISBN numbers. I have the videos, but I do not have permission to post them on the web site (nor the bandwidth).

Could you find any King Features of K.K. to view on your site?
I was born in 1963 and I swear I remember having seen these as a very small child. None of my friends remember seeing them but me! Now I know I am not crazy!!!

The French are far more comix crazy than we, with a marked emphasis on expensive representations of their favorites. I recall a large wooden (I think)Ignatz figure for sale in Paris some years ago. Anybody know if such is available for sale in US?

I remember seeing a series of krazy stories in the Guardian newspaper in the late eighties,of these reprints I remember worms,woims as Krazy put it, I have a few Krazy collections but I have never encountered the worms.Can anyone help, does anyone know when these stories ran,they were singing worms as I remember.The home page is great,keep it going.

Mary, keep looking at the dailies, Herriman quoted Bruegel and flemmish baroque paintings in some panels.
By the way did you mean that Krazy was saying that the coffee was a lare over the lare of milk, in Ignaz's 'coffee-milk'(the hillbilly term for Capachino)or that it was filed on a shelf under milk?

I first saw a Krazy Kat page on the Net while I was searching something completely different a few weeks ago. What a coup de foudre !!! Since then I bought four Krazy Kat books (FantaGraphics) and I LOVE it ! As english is not my mother language and as Krazy's vocabulary is quite bizarre, i just understand, maybe 50% of it. But that's enough to feel the poetry of it, and I wouldnt'y buy a french traduction (I know there are a few), I'm pretty sure I would loose more than I would win...

I think that once you have been to New Orleans you will carry some part of that with you for the rest of your life. I read that George Herriman lived here for a short time during his early childhood. It seems like he never left. There is a Sunday paper cartoon in a book that I used to have before Katrina that had to with coffee. Ignatz wanted coffee with milk. He asked Krazy where is the milk? Krazy of course, said it was Unda the milk.Where else but New Orleans(in the U.S. not Europe is the milk and coffee part of the culture here. He may not have lived here long, but he soak up everything about this place.

Hello there all you Krazy Kat fans, i have a question. Krazy Kat is obviously a bit older than all these cartoons they have out now-a-days. But i was wondering if any over you had an idea of a cartoon that has a common theme like Krazy Kat, yeah i know most themes in here aren't really elaborated on, it is a very scattered cartoon but i was wondering if any one had an idea.
THANKS!

I first saw a Krazy Kat page on the Net while I was searching something completely different a few weeks ago. What a coup de foudre !!! Since then I bought four Krazy Kat books (FantaGraphics) and I LOVE it ! As english is not my mother language and as Krazy's vocabulary is quite bizarre, i just understand, maybe 50% of it. But that's enough to feel the poetry of it, and I wouldnt'y buy a french traduction (I know there are a few), I'm pretty sure I would loose more than I would win...

FYI, I am having to take additional measures to deter the spammer(s) who are convinced that visitors to krazy.com are interested in their online gambling and sexual dysfunction solutions. All posts to this guestbook, unfortunately, have to be moderated, otherwise it wouldn't be a guestbook, or anything that any of us would choose to actually read. Entries are emailed to me for one-click approval, and I approve all messages that are remotely on topic, clearly written by people legitimately interested in Krazy Kat, and not outrageously provocative (I don't want to be a censor).

If you are a spammer reading this, I'll just point out again that this is not a technical challenge to get your spam published. I tighten up the programming only to give my inbox a break. You are not going to be published here because every submission is reviewed by me, and I simply delete the spam messages. So it would be better use of your time and mine to refrain from trying to spam this forum. Visit my blog (where comments are also moderated) for less restrained commentary on what you choose to do for a living.

Hi I like Krazy Kats.It comes in TIMES OF INDIA.

I wonder is there any kontempory music related to coconino county,particualy jazz?Most musicians I know are smitten by Krazy.

Hi, I Was Wondering That After All These Years Of Not Showing KRAZY KAT,
I Think Now Is The Right Time To Make
KRAZY KAT : The Movie. Sincerely,
Ian P.S. Have Fun For 4 Years!!!

so, bruce, i tried to find what you were talking about but couldn't. more detailed directions, please. Also, what is it really? someone drawing ignatz?

Guter Stil mit Info und Geschmack. Muss schon sagen das nicht viele Seiten im Netz so sind.

krazy kat is pretty kool now i spell every thing that begins with a c replaced with a k

The return of Ignatz! Check it out:
http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2006/06/27/

I'm trying to find out if someone on this earth can help me out...Does anyone know of a cartoon of a superhero from the 60's or 70's called plant planet...a kid who wore a necklace with a letter P and would hold it up to the stars and some superpower would come over him and he would be a superhero??

I have a question. Are there any images of or references to the Grand Canyon in Krazy Kat? Thanks.

There is a reference to Herriman's Tiger Tea in Nabokov's novel PALE FIRE. Nabokov, a lover of comics, arrived in the US about four years AFTER the Krazy Kat "Tiger Tea" episode of 1936-37. My question is: Was did the Krazy Kat strip run in any European papers (especially Germany or France) between World War I & II.

Thanks in advance, Don <chtodel@cox.net>>

on closer inspection the image on the t-shirt proved not to be from May 8,1927

asking someone to watch pulp fiction isn't a very nice thing to do but you may find that the image was from the second to last panel in the Sunday May 8, 1927 page. You can find it in the book for sundays 1927-28 that Bill Blackbeard puts out.

I am grateful for the information about what actualy is in RAW.I will now merely hope for a day when a Krazy Kat fan(and there are many of them)will print a book which contains the ENTIRE Tiger Tea sequence.(Thank you for giving the exact dates also.)

found a copy of RAW and it does have a lot of the 'tale of tiger tee' but not all. The strips in RAW end on 7-16 but the story kept going until feb. 27 the next year.
many parts of the story are in the Madison Square "Krazy Kat' but when combined with the RAW strips you still miss 5-18 to 5-23, 7-17 to 7-26, 7-30 to 9-13, 9-16 to 12-6, 12-9 to 12-13 and 12-27 to 2-21

At last! A reason to watch pulp fiction.

Please forgive me for asking a question that may have already been discussed..... but i know that Krazy Kat made an appearence in Pulp Fiction on a tee shirt that Samuel Jackson wore.... does anyone know which strip (date) is the one on the shirt? Also where might i be able to find tee shirts with this strip on it ?
I have already seen the ones that Cafe Press.com has.

Thanks sooo much !
Kimberly

i love the cartoons

Raw #3. it's in my bibliography! :-). If you're lucky, this shows up on EBay once in a while.

Actually, one of the later trade-paperback-sized issues of RAW, the comix magazine edited by art spiegelman of 'Maus' fame, reprinted the entire Tiger Tea saga. I dont' remember which issue of RAW it was in offhand, but I do remember reading it in there.

What I want to know is, why has publication of *all* of the daily strips been so incredibly spotty?

The story of how Krazy finds the super-katnip Tiger Tea(TNT)was in the daily newspaper strips from the summer of 1936 until sometime in the spring of 1937.I have only seen reprints of strips from the story in the two old hardcover Krazy Kat books.I wish I could find a book that reprints this entire story.As far as I know there were no Sunday pages about Tiger Tea.

I'ld like to see those pots and bankets. I've been corresponding with academics in AZ and they are all rather at a lost as to where that sysbol came from. The best info that I got was that the thunder bolt could be male lighting but the correspondate was doubtful.

On the off chance this has not yet been pointed out, let me mention that the "Krazy Kat and Ignatz Visit Konvention" panel in the Fantagraphics volume

Krazy & Ignatz : "a wild warmth of chromatic gravy"...1935-36.
p.20

likely refers to the Republican National Convention and the party's rejection (as depicted via
Ignatz-ian brick) of Theodore Roosevelt. The Kat's odd
depiction is thus a result of his here being a stand-in for
Teddy -- complete with stringed-spectacle-eyes and brush
mustache (though lacking the usual identifying TR teeth --
how much more bizarre a rendering of the Kat THAT would have
made!); the TR caricature seems to have expressed itself, as
well, in making "Krazy" so peculiarly fuzzy -- i.e. Teddy Bear-ish.

The date cited for the cartoon, June 22, was the date of
Taft's re-nomination, so, a formal rejection of Roosevelt; if
that happened early enough and Herriman worked fast enough
and the New York Journal came out late enough, the cartoon
could be a specific reaction to that, but it needn't be: the
rejection of Roosevelt was in the air.

Richard Cohen
rjoshcohen@hotmail.com

I meant to reply to this one when it was submitted. The Medicine Wheel is a Plains Indian concept - more attributable to Native Americans north of Arizona. But Navajos and Hopis did have similar symbols, and Herriman likely took it from patterns evident on blankets and pottery in the area.

Peter,
Thank you for the information

I don't know if they ever met -- Diebenkorn was 23 years old when Herriman died in 1945 -- but he was definitely a Krazy Kat fan, and Herriman was quite probably an influence. I attended a show at Wayne Thibaud's San Francisco gallery of art work influenced by Herriman in 1997, and there was Diebenkorn work included. Diebenkorn was a contemporary of surrealist Elmer Bischoff, who acknowledged Herriman as an influence.

I was wondering if anybody knows of a connection between Richard Diebenkorn's "Urbana" of 1953 and George Herriman's Krazy Kat. I know that Diebenkorn taught at the University of Illinois, but was there a personal/business relationship between the two?

Just a reminder that posts to this forum are moderated. This means that they do not appear immediately when submitted -- I review them for relevancy first. I don't approve every post. The rules of thumb are simple: it has to be about Krazy Kat or George Herriman. If you post a stunning analysis of the second world war, I am not likely to approve it, unless I can see how it clearly relates to the main topic. I will approve messages that might be controversial, such as the discussion on Herrimans racial background, but I will censor inflammatory entries that are not on topic and would not contribute to any kind of healthy or illuminating dialogue about Herriman, as I have this morning. There are plenty of places on the web where you can express yourself. This is a friendly board about a comic strip and artist.

Spammers, such as the persistent one with all of the gambling posts, should also be aware that there is a human moderator here blocking your posts. You can waste hours trimming the size and format hoping that will get them through, as this one did, but it won't work. This is not a free advertising platform. It's not even a paid one - I have never had any interest in making any profit off of this website. So advertise elsewhere, thank you.

Peter Campbell
krazy.com webmaster

in which year and month did the story of 'tiger tea' run and weren't there any sunday pages devoted to it?

While I am certainly no expert on American Indian culture, growing up in Utah it was always my understanding that this "circled x" symbol was called a Medicine Wheel. On its most basic level I believe it is a representation of the four directions. I'm not certain as to which tribe(s) it is significant.

Herriman's race is a somewhat current topic. I was approached to be interviewed for a film on cartoonists of color recently and passed, and I've participated in threads on the subject on the Comic Strip Classics mailing list (at Yahoo! Groups) and the Fantagraphics message board. I've seen scans of the birth certificate, for what that's worth. My read on it was that the idea that Herriman was of Creole birth is quite plausible. I don't know if it's provable, and, more importantly, I don't really care. By this century, with Curtis, Boondocks, JumpStart and a host of other quality strips by African Americans in the paper, there's no case to be made that race has anything to do with talent in that arena.<br />
<br />
Where the topic has gotten heated -- and I think you enter this territory as well -- has been in the question: If Herriman was of African descent, how could he have perpetuated racist stereotypes, as he did in &quot;Musical Mose&quot;, or, as you're asking, not been more culturally aware and included more (or any) Navajo characters in a strip that takes place in Navajo territory? Why did he try to &quot;pass&quot;? And my reply is that you can't ascribe a modern sensibility to an artist who died over 60 years ago. These are very PC concerns in our time. They weren't on the cultural radar screen in Herriman's time. Herriman loved the Southwest, and, from what I've read, certainly wasn't rude or dismissive of the Native Americans that he met. But he lived in New York and Los Angeles; hung out with Sportswriters, cartoonists and reporters, and his strip covered the territory he knew, not the one he visited.<br />
<br />
Certainly, doing a strip like Musical Mose today would be an affront to decency, regardless of the cartoonist's ethnic makeup. And leaving Navajos completely out of a strip set on their land would be worse than the movie &quot;Beaches&quot;, which took place in the culturally-diverse SF Bay Area and had little or no non-white actors, even in walk-ons. But we are much more sensitive to that type of thing now. The stereotypes were accepted and expected in his age -- that was what people found funny -- and cultural insensitivity was the norm. Does it make him a bad person, or just a product of his times?

Have you ever noticed that there are no tribal people in Coconino? There are a few Mexicans or Mexican/Americans and a couple of Chinese, even a person from India (at least once) but there are no American Indians as far as I can see, neither are there any Afro-Americans. The most of the cast are anlgo-american or European vistors or emagrents from Europe. And those are often French or German.
By the way what dose 'colored' mean to you? I was taught that Arbibs and Hindus were white but I run into persons who think that Greeks aren't white, even today! Much has been made lately of Herriman's race and I know that he was listed as 'colored' on his birth record but can we really know what that ment, if we don't know what colored ment the the white southern male clerk who listed him as such.
Has any one seen his parents birth record or naturalizion papers?

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE EARILY CARTOONS WERE LIKE THE SMITHSONIAN HAS TAPES CALLED THE 'ORIGIN OF AMERICAN ANIMATION'. ON VOL.4 THERE ARE 3 CARTOONS OF KRAZY KAT FROM 1916 THAT HAVE MORE OF THE FLAVOR OF HERRIMAN THAN THE LATER TV CARTOONS.

i love the cartoons and the art work. i too am an aspiring cartoonist. but however i don't exactly understand some of the strips as i am only a child and didn't know what was going on during your time.

My sweet cat went to cat heaven and I was very upset.
Couple weeks later there was a knock at my door and I opended the door and there was a large box with a red ribbon. I opened the box and there was a tiny, thin, black kitten.
Two friends suddenly appeared, all smiles....I looked at this scrany kitten and thought, oh, I wanted a cute little kitten...but did not say anything. I named her Mehitabel since I had the book and had her for 19 years. She adored me and me alone. Followed me all over the house, even sat on tub while I bathed. She was a darling cat.

Inquiry Number One.
What does tea DO, after all.

No one I've contacted in Southwest tribal studies can verify that either the cross or lighting bolt have anything to do with the southwest tribe. The encircled X does show up in one sandpainting and is also a Mississipian symbol, in both cases the world is that which is symbolized. With no hard facts I will venure a guess, the X is the wheel of fortune and the bolt is fate.

I never knew that Coconino County had such fame! I grew up in Coconino County (Flagstaff) and came across this site while looking for something else entirely! (as is often the case with the 'net!) Anyway, thanks for the site! I learned something new today! (Which means I can now go to bed...)

:)

What was the name of the haunting saragh vaughn like song that was in some of the television shows

The Kat is he that sees the world as she.
A trip to the vet
and a red bow to sport
turned the tiger's roar
to a purr, I'll bet.

A circle with an x
marks the spot
where a mandala
once stood.

I have a 1st printing of k.k. comic paperback (81/2 x 11) with e.e. cummings intro copyright 1969...how much is it worth in good condition?

Dry and sterile, so is the desert, gratefully welcomes brick-shaped promises, which he hoards patiently in order to build a fortress. Dungeon and shackles underneath.

the encircled X has to be Navajo, but I can find no referance to it, yet--still working. Note that it is often paired to a lightenbolt. Like the masks of comady and tragity,

I saw the x in a circle symbol in a list of hobo signs, which hobos would leave scrawled to inform or warn those who followed. The sign in that context means "good place for a handout."

Probably just a coincidence, but who knows?

HAS ANY ONE LERNT WHAT IGNATZ MIDDLE NAME WAS?
He only had one wife, Yes? But she was refered to by 3 names at different times, I assume Herriman didn't care enough about her to keep good contenuity but is there any other reason? Being married to Ingnatz would have made any mouse a shrew, so we must have some good will toward her.

In a bout of short-sightedness, I had that circle-x-fullstop put on my forearm; and only later researched it. I never found any explaination for it directly related to Herriman, but it's use as "no name" (instead of a signature or as Malcolm X used it) seems Krazy enough. I've seen it used by some groups in a philosophical way, in that notions of names, and by extension, preconceptions, should be put aside before true understanding is possible. Krazy, Man!

The Krazy Kat cartoons which were shown in syndication during 1963 and 1964(and at various places from then on)were one of the better attempts to capture the style and the setup of Herriman's comics-using many of the regular Herriman cast.Besides Krazy,Ignatz and Offisa Pupp there was Kelly and Mrs.Kwakk-Wakk.Paul Frees did a good job with all the characters-and Penny Phillips' Krazy Kat voice was...unique,anyway.Now that I have read and collected many of the original Herriman strips I know that the cartoons left a lot to be desired,but they did provide me with a foundation when I did go on to study the greater Herriman work.

the best thing is that u never observe such a good comments.
and moreover certain things which u can't understand with words is known by pictures.
"the pictures are the only mode u can make one understand without saying a word"

By the way, if you want to contact me directly, I'm at jblaw718@yahoo.com.

We have a copy of "Sam's Strip Lives!", which Vincent Alexander wrote was one of the rarest comics ever (privately published and sold at the Carriage House in Greenwich, CT). I'd just like to get some idea of how much it's worth. Does anyone have any idea?

Hi, has anyone seen the Krazy Kat cartoons? I think they were produced in the 60's or 70's..they look it. It is great to see them on the screen, but instead of being the formulative Itchy & Scratchy that they truly were, it was reduced to being cheesy and childish. Any thoughts?

What is the mouse called

Heppy Heppy 125th Birthday Garge !! Just realized it was
George Herriman's Birthday
Today -- Thanks George
We all enjoy the antics
silliness , playful art and
colorful language of the wonderful world you created.

Just realized it was
George Herriman's Birthday
Today -- Thanks George
We all enjoy the antics
silliness , playful art and
colorful language of the wonderful world you created.

I am slowly but surely collecting every book I can find on George Herrimans great work.Some of the Eclipse volumes are hard to find but worth the time and money.What a treasure.

I love Ignatz, I must be Krazy.

Okay, hopefully someone here can be of help...

First of all, does anyone know if the 1936 animation "Li'l Ainjil" (apparently the most Herrimanish of all the cartoons) is availible anywhere?

Secondly, I've been having trouble finding the Archy and Mehitabel books, so I'll have to buy them online. Does anyone know which editions have the Herriman illustrations, or do they all have them?

Let me guess -- radio quiz show? I hope, Beth, that you found the information, which is repeated numerous times on this web site. :-)

What is the mouse called i need this in the next 2 minutes pretty please can you tell me ASAP. Love Beth - Joy Bates

I was born in 1944 and was fortunate enough to run across Krazy and pals in comic form as I grew. archy and mehitable were discovered many years later, during a reading spree following a divorce and became an instant favorite. Stuff like this deserves to live on forever!!

Your site is awesome! Krazy Kat is definitley a great comic! This comic and Calvin and Hobbes inspired me into cartooning.

Hi Laura:

If you contact me, I can perhaps help you evaluate the value of the Herriman drawing on the shade...I am a long time collector and I buy and sell many Herriman drawings...if anyone else has any Herriman art for sale, please feel free to contact me at rjpistella@aol.com. Thanks!!

Herriman's Krazy Kat inspired me to pursue my cartooning which then led into my Photography and Fine Art.
Many thanks to Krazy....

In high school, my nickname was Ignatz, which was coined by the trombone player in our band. I played clarinet. So it is true, a clarinet player should want to hit a trombone player in the head with a brick or two! That is what a clarinet does!

When I was 4, had a Shkeezix rubber doll. Cousin Popeye would've been honored! Chewed his (Shkeezix') tail down about a half-inch!

We (Pittsburgh Presh) had Little Beaver in our comics as well, and listened to Mayor LaGuardia read the comics to us over the radio Shunday mornings. Yesh!

In our family we have an original Krazy Kat drawing. It was drawn on a window shade. I am "Toots" Harriman's goddaughter. Toots was George Harriman's youngest daughter. Does anyone know how I could find out it's value? Does anyone know if someone own's the rights to Harriman's work?
Thank you for your time...
Laura

here's the poem, by don marquis, in "archie and mehitabel":


freddy the rat perishes

listen to me there have
been some doings here since last
i wrote there has been a battle
behind that rusty typewriter cover
in the corner
you remember freddy the rat well
freddy is no more but
he died game the other
day a stranger with a lot of
legs came into our
little circle a tough looking kid
he was with a bad eye

who are you said a thousand legs
if i bite you once
said the stranger you won t ask
again he he little poison tongue said
the thousand legs who gave you hydrophobia
i got it by biting myself said
the stranger i m bad keep away
from me where i step a weed dies
if i was to walk on your forehead it would
raise measles and if
you give me any lip i ll do it

they mixed it then
and the thousand legs succumbed
well we found out this fellow
was a tarantula he had come up from
south america in a bunch of bananas
for days he bossed us life
was not worth living he would stand in
the middle of the floor and taunt
us ha ha he would say where i
step a weed dies do
you want any of my game i was
raised on red pepper and blood i am
so hot if you scratch me i will light
like a match you better
dodge me when i m feeling mean and
i don t feel any other way i was nursed
on a tabasco bottle if i was to slap
your wrist in kindness you
would boil over like job and heaven
help you if i get angry give me
room i feel a wicked spell coming on

last night he made a break at freddy
the rat keep your distance
little one said freddy i m not
feeling well myself somebody poisoned some
cheese for me im as full of
death as a drug store i
feel that i am going to die anyhow
come on little torpedo don't stop
to visit and search then they
went at it and both are no more please
throw a late edition on the floor i want to
keep up with china we dropped freddy
off the fire escape into the alley with
military honors
--archy

"freddie the rat perishes" is a poem from "archie and mehitabel", a compiliation of a syndicated column from the New York Herald Tribune by Don Marquis in the (?) late 1920s or early 1930s. Archie is a medieval french vers libre poet reincarnated into the body of a cockroach in the H-T newsroom. He types by doing a swan dive on each key from the top of the typewriter. (Since he can't hold down the shift key, there's no caps.)

Freddie has just eaten some rat poison and feels his end is near, when he is threatened by a tarantula up from South America on a banana boat that has been terrorizing the neighborhood. Come on, my many legged friend, sez freddie, i am as full of death as a drug store. A homeric battle ensues, after which the crowd buries freddie with all due honors off the fire escape. That's how I remember it, at least.

I was born in '34, and remember reading the Sunday comics, spread out on the living room floor. The great thing about the comic pages in those days was that you didn't have to know how to read to get some idea of a story line. "Krazy Kat" has always been my favorite. Anyone remember "Smokey Stover"? We were poor, but didn't know it! Having to learn how to entertain ourselves was a blessing that few childen have knowledge of today.

In "Krazy & Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics 1931-1932 A Kat A'lilt With Song" editors Blackbeard and Ataker include an endnote expressing puzzlement over the 5/3/31 episode. They may have rejected as pedestrian the all-a-dream possibility, but the events shown taking place could be Krazy's dream, a fantasy in which he's as unconcerned at the prospect of a wetting as Pupp & Ignatz are panicked by it -- so, a Kat-fancied attitude reversal.
The rain threat is naturally invoked because
(as the last panel MAY show) Krazy sleeps
(and dreams) by a running stream, notably oblivious to the actual hazard of being wetted
by it.
Wetness concerns seem to have been current.
The very next episode, 5/10, involves cat-like disdain for water: Krazy showers under an umbrella.

Or, for a more tortured idea: you might argue that the black cloud -- never depicted as getting bigger -- never gets closer and in fact drops its rain elsewhere; the panicked-at rain when it
finally arrives has slipped from its far source along a downgrade, to end as a skinny rivulet, harmlessly gliding past the sleeper. "Rain IS coming" Krazy had acknowledged, but knowing he wouldn't get wet, he didn't panic.
To know the lay of the land in Coconino may require "Krazi-ness" -- but the Kat has it.

Both of these schemes require a recognizable stream -- a problem here, where there's no color to help out.

I'd be interested in comments/objections and in other explanations of the episode too.

Richard

Hi--

Love your site--

Do you know where I can find detailed information/reviews concerning alleged Spec Productions books containing early daily strips of George Herriman? Am keenly interested.

Thanks very much--

Bill

Odd... have you looked around here, particularly at the news and trivia page? Then there's the links page, which covers most of the other Krazy Kat web pages outr there. If you're looking forb info on teh real Coconino County, they're at co.coconino.az.us.

i realy need a site with fun facts abut coconino! plz help me!

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE WORDS TO THIS POEM FOR YEARS. I STUCK OUT IN MY MIND SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE '60'S. SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WAS A JOURNALIST WHO WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER AND IS DYING WHILE TRYING TO FINISH HIS ARTICLE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS WRITTEN BY e.e.cummins BECAUSE OF THE STYLE IN WHICH IT WAS WRITTEN, BUT I HAVE HAD NO LUCK FINDING IT.
GLAD TO KNOW SOMEONE ELSE IS LOOKING TOO.

GOOD LUCK...

George Herriman has made some of the very greatest Komics to ever hit the newspapers. Each sunday kat has SOMETHING in it, at least, that makes me laugh... and I can't say that about ANY other strip.
But there ARE a few great komics that are not written by Herriman.
These are some of my favorites and their Herriman inspiration:

Calvin and Hobbes/ by Bill Watterson
Calvin and Hobbes was one of the greatest things to ever happen to the comics... he says, in THE CALVIN AND HOBBES TENTH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION that his biggest inspiration as a kartoonist was Krazy Kat.

Peanuts/ by Charles Shultz
Charles Shultz (needless to say) is one of the true geniuses of the komic world. He also loved Krazy Kat, he once drew Charlie Brown getting socked by Ignatz with a brikk.

Garfield/ by Jim Davis
Garfield kracks me up quite often, it doesn't surprise me a bit it's as popular as it is. There is a Garfield logo box where Ignatz beans Garfield with a brick. All the great ones love Krazy Kat.

Bone/ by Jeff Smith
Bone is not a newspaper komic, it's a series of komic books. Jeff Smith said it was like "placing Bugs Bunny in the Lord of the Rings". It's obvious most of his inspiration komes from Pogo, but I can see a little Krazy in there, somewhere.

Sam's Strip/ by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas
Sam's Strip is a universally unknown komic. The entire strip is about Sam inviting komics from other komics to kome on his komic. His kountless enkounters with Krazy and Ignatz show either Mort or Jerry has a fascination with George Herriman. (The book: Sam's Strip Lives is one of the rarest komic books ever made, but you kan find a few Sam's Strip komics in THE KOMICS SINCE 1945/ by Brian Walker.

Pogo/ by Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly said once that Krazy Kat was his favorite komic. I believe Pogo started in 1945, so it picked up right about where Krazy Kat ended.

Mutts/ by Patrick McDonnell
There's no question THIS guy loves Krazy Kat. To prove it Patrick wrote a book, kalled: "The Komic Art of George Herriman".

There are other klassics of kourse, Foolish Questions, Dilbert, the Far Side, Happy Hooligan, The Upside Downs, Shelocko the Monk and Count Screwloose of Tooloose

I'm trying to find the words to Freddie the Rat Perishes frowning@aol.com

I have been looking at Kat and Ignatz and Offisa Pupp and Mehitabel since I was five years old. I don't need psychatrists or psychologists to tell me what George Herrimen meant. I knew him (and loved his characters) when I was five. Kat is the epitome of what I learned in Sunday school. (and I learned theology from archie and mehitabel).

http://www.coconino-world.com/sites_auteurs/herriman/index.html

In case anyone doesn't know, this is another wonderful little site...

You're thinking of a 1960s low-budget but entertaining Krazy Kat cartoons made in Czechoslovakia.

A DVD featuring 39 episodes is available on Amazon. check it out

BTW, it was not on Captain Kangaroo. However, a person behind the animated KRAZY cartoons was Gene Deitch, and Deitch created "Tom Terrific" which was shown on Kangaroo, years earlier. Maybe you're confusing with that

Hey, I can remember from when I was a kid watching Krazy Kat cartoons. I think they were part of the Captain Kangaroo Show, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know where I can get/buy copies of these cartoons?

Thanks.

Krazy Kat is my favorite character of all time!! I love that Krazy Kat. Do you get it? lol. Krazy Kat has pleased my over these many many years of mine. I will continue to love and worship Krazy Kat. He makes the best bed time stories for my children, husband, and I. I hope you all love Krazy Kat just as much as I do. He is surely one hot cat.

I own the Krazy sunday strips anthologies, and I've noticed that a lot of people are referring to him as a girl. I know his gender is pretty ambiguous and in the comics (and e.e. cummings' essay) he's shown as a girl, but every time he's talked about in the comics he's always referred to as a male. Case in point:

<a href="http://img119.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img119&image=krazyguy.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://img119.exs.cx/img119/1929/krazyguy.th.gif" border="0" title="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us" /></a>

Understandable why they changed his gender from place to place, though. Just for clarification.

Since we can agree Krazy's gender changes, I did this cartoon

http://hownottorunacomic.keenspace.com/d/19950119.html

please note that I'm a BIG fan of the strip and does not reflect my opinion of Krazy and Herriman

Well, I'm back, and I just want to say I continue to GREATLY appreciate this website. It's one of the best out there for older comics and this one in particular...

This was made about last year, I believe. Basically, a claymation short featuring Krazy and gang

http://www.picassopictures.com/html/showreels_model14.htm

And I thought the 1960s animation was weird!

The dog's full name is Offica Bull Pupp.

I was born in 1941, so I don't know why I remember Krazy Kat so well from my boyhood. Are you sure that the cartoon ended in 1944? I don't think so!!!! Offiser Pussy Kat or was it Offiser Puppy Dog?

Someone posted a comment about Krazy being a male or female.

The answer is...neither. IMO, Krazy is transgendered.

Krazy can act more "macho" in some strips, however, Kat's more femine in some strips.

In the 1962-64 animated series, however, Krazy was permantly female. This was however, done, because homosexuality wasn't allowed in cartoons back then, so they decided to make Krazy a girl cat and stayed that time.

Just tossing in a poem I wrote. Happy be.

Coconino County In My Mind

Ignatz mouse still pulls his tricks, causing trouble; throwing bricks.
Coconino County in my mind.
Krazy Kat still loves him so, just like all those years ago.
Looking deep into my mind I find.
That old Offissa named Pupp never, never will give up.
Love is silly. Just as well it's blind.
Trees in plant pots still abound. More and more I find they're found.
Coconino County in my mind.
Never could just leave that one behind.

I just found this site and I'm delighted. I've been a "Kat" fan since I was a little kid in the '50s. I just bought the new McDonnell/O'Connell/DeHavenon book on "Krazy". Great piece of work.

I've got a kwestion for all kurious "Kat" lovers --- what's the significance, if any, that Herriman invested in the circle-with-the-X symbol that VERY frequently appeared in the strip? It pops up everywhere. Is it something out of Navajo culture, or a quirky little something he made up?

Hey, Melissa...In '63-'64, King Features released a set of cartoons for TV. Krazy Kat was marketed with Beetle Baily and Snuffy Smith 'toons. I never saw them again after that first year, but lobby King Features.

yes good day i am eager to get me a job that pays but no one will hire me. Wow what a good day! I personally speaking on the behalf of all individuals on such a small world, of a small universe, in a gigantic galaxy saying i hate being poor. It sucks! Life too short, i want to live it highly. I know my i's aren't capitalized. But Krazy Kat (whoever runs it and it's fellow employees)have a good day. Fairwell. I live in Farrell,PA no money prospers in this community.

Hi, Daniel!

Well, rest assured, the pay at the enterprizing dot-com "krazy.com" is nothing to crow about. I serve as manager, webmaster, tech support and janitor, and I make zero dollars an hour. Technically - since I pay monthly fees for hosting, provide all of the equipment, and donate all my time, the pay is about negative $10k a year. Thankfully, it's rewarding work!

An interesting trivia bit about George Herriman is that he was one of the few people to get a raise during the great depression. It helped having a boss (Hearst) who was a great champion of his work. I'm lucky enough to have a second job that pays my bills and supports the money-losing krazy.com enterprise, but have grave concerns about a nation that talks a lot about unemployment numbers and says nothing about the trend to not only eliminate jobs and cut pay, but to move more and more people into contract work or meager self-employment with no benefits or health care. These are desperate times for many of us. Good luck with your job hunt. Do capitalize those I's and use your spell-checker. It's competitive out there.

Is it possible to purchase one of the Krazy Kat figurines put out by Dark Horse Comics and Yoe! Studios several years ago?

Does anyone know where I might find one for sale?


Thanks!
lee_me@hotmail.com

I would like to know if anyone knows where could I purchase some videos/DVD's of the "Krazy Kat" cartoons (Spanish preferred).

Me gustaria saber si alguien puede decirme donde comprar videos/DVD's de "La Gata Loca" en espanol o ingles.

Saludos!
julio.cuz@rcc.edu

On the old Eclipse editions - the current series of Krazy + Ignatz books being published by Fantagraphics picked up where the Eclipse set left off, and they do intend to republish the ear;lier material, I suspect when the unpublished material is finished. There's a lot of info on current KK publishing (and I need to add some updates) in the "News and trivia" section of the web site.

As to display problems, my stock answer is "update your browser". This site is designed to be best viewed in 6.x and up browsers - IE 6, Mozilla/Firefox, Opera. It's designed to be readable in much older browsers, text-based browsers,a nd mobile devices (I test it regularly on my PalmOne Treo). Where it has the most problems is with browsers that don't conform well to web standards. the worst ones in question are IE $ and 5, and Netscape 4, where they implemented enough code to acknowledge stylesheets, but didn't really understand them. I speak in more techy detail about the way this site was designed on the "Site Notes" page, but, in a nutshell, the primary purpose of the site is to honor Herriman's work; the secondary purpose is for me to test out my web programming skills. I try and do it in the most compatible way possible, but I program to current standards (4.0, xHTML), not older ones, so some compatibility is lost.

8.20.04

Hi Doug,

No, you're not krazy, vol. 9 is "Sheda Soft Mongolian Tear". I don't think it is currently
in print, altho Fantagraphics did have a very few
of the others in one of their previous catalogs.

There was a rumor going around a few years back
that the 1st nine were going to be republished.
But I haven't heard any rumors recently.

You might be able borrow them thru your local
public library's inter-library loan service.
Because they are hard to find, a lot of libraries
are not willing to lend them (Communications
Library at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana probably still does not).

Dave

very happy to have found your site.

wish i could read the text; the left-hand color-column seems to be wandering across the page ... perhaps i am missing a joke ... or the appropriate Command to have pieces of the page NOT be ambulatory.

it is an attractive site, very nicely done.

Been going Krazy looking for Krazy Kat and Ignatz memorabilia. Saw the T-shirts at the General Store site.(GREAT!) Any other places to go?

Hi:

I was looking on the web for the old Eclipse editions of Krazy & Ignatz. I _think_ there were 9 volumes actually published, the last being "Shed A Soft Mongolian Tear". I really, really think I've seen this one, though it seems impossible to track down now.

Am I nuts? Or does this volume actually exist?

Thanks.

I just want to comment on the Krazy Kat tattoo that Michael Stipe(R.E.M.) has under his right arm. So it is safe to say he is a very big fan of the comic strip. I first found out about Krazy Kat because of his tattoo.

I know Mock Duck is a minor character, but I am looking for an image of him and him alone online. I have a special place in my heart for Mock Duck. Can anyone help me out here?

-Fellow Krazy Fan

This is a most woderful site fo a most wonderful strip! Thanks for putting Krazy on the internet map!

I have enjoyed Ignatz and Krazy Kat forever (ever since I can remember!). I wish the strips were available.

I still fondly remember the "winding" sound of Ignatz' arm as he aimed, then the "zip" as the brick flew through the air, and the eventual "bonk" as Krazy went zonkers in love.
IGNATZ! Where ARE you?

Oops!

I've been very busy with school, work and family and apparently allowed some rather juvenile commentary to reside here for a month. My apologies! While censorship is not a personal goal, wildly irrelevant and particularly pointless posts to this guestbook aren't really welcome. Discussions about Krazy's questionable gender are welcome; professions about your own sexuality or questions/comments about others that have nothing to do with Krazy kat or Herriman are not. So I have reinstated a moderation function that I thought (incorrectly) it was safe to remove.

Posts will appear here after I've approved them, which will normally be within an hour or two and no later than half a day. I'm notified at my main email account, which I check very regularly. It's an annoyance that I have to impose this. I hope the children who inspired this action are filled with glee at their accomplishment - someone should be happy about it!

While I'm here, let me remind you that this guestbook is only one of many places to discuss all things Krazy. I highly recommend joining Krazy + Ignatz or Comic Strip Classics at http://groups.yahoo.com. In the CSC group, we recently had a rousing discussion on the question of George Herriman's racial background, which most experts report to be Creole, with some African, but others debate.

---
Peter

Is there any Krazy Kat Birthday cards avilable?
If so, where can a purchase them?

I began drawing cartoons in 1973 or so...an art professor that always gave me a "d" rather than flunk me (Jerry Meatyard) gave me a book of Krazy Kat strips. I loved Pogo and immediately loved Krazy Kat. The dialogue is truly as American as Twain, the strips drawn with imagination. Herriman and Walt Kelly are my two definitive cartoon heros as they weave words with backgrounds in such a way better than anyone. As you can see I am a fan. And this site is a fitting tribute. Good work.

Saw Trish's post.
I have one I pulled from the book:
Krazy Kay, the Comic Art of George Herriman.
Took it from page 123, top left, of Krazy throwing the brick at Ignatz. Right!
Any one else?

A rememba watching Krazy Kat and Ignatz kartoons aza kid? Am i Krazy? where kun I see 'em agin?

My gang thought I was nuts because I thought Krazy Kat was funnier than Popeye, Washtubs or Moon Mullins. Although, Toonerville Folks was high on my list--and, I could draw Alley Oop or any of the comic characters of the nineteenthirties with great facility,I lacked the wackiness of wordssmithing to become another Herriman.
Aah, those wondrous days, when we escaped the reality of the depression for a few minutes with the imaginative and philosophic thoughts of the genius of Herriman and J>R> Williams. Oh, didnt I tell you about him? The cowboy , machineshop ., boardinghouse philosopher? I hope he is on the internet . Just discovered it at age 80.

LA gata loca como se conoce en mi pais es un clasico...no dejemos que se pierda, hagamos publicidad, a lo mejor se revive y podremos comprar muñecos, mugs, polos y demas de nuestra adorada Gata loca y su inseparable Ingacio...

I want to get a Krazy Kat and Ignatz tattoo where it shows a brick being thrown. Does anyone either have an image, or know where to get an image, that would be clear and simple that I could use for the tattoo artist to go by? Thanks! Trish Lewis (trishymouse@hotmail.com)

Thanks to Peter and all the wonderful people who have bought Krazy Kat t-shirts from our online store, New General Store.
We usually get orders out Same Day.
Check out:
http://newgeneralstore.com/cgi-bin/shop/detail.cgi?r=32
Best,
Preston

To Rick ...Maybe your relationship will last depending on which side of the brick you remain. Now matter how the relationship is looked at, whether it be undaunted love or unhealthy obsession on both parts, their attachment to one another goes back to aintshunt Egipsheen times, and are bound by the brick into eternity. I'd say you and Terrie are at least doomed to forever.

We have recently fallen in luv and are basing much of our relationship on that of Ignatz and Krazy. Would you consider this a healthy relationship? Will it last?

The "Be you ever so forgotten...." turns up in the real free press Krazy Kat Komix No.5, which I've just obtained courtesy of Gjelt de Graaf's tip off, thanks due there, and, as I forgot to say last time, love the site.

Im Miguel from Southamerica, i lke to know, if somebody have Krazy kat videos, please give me it. thanks

There was an article with a Krazy Kat one-panel illustration--I swear the magazine was Smithsonian--with Ignatz in a tower and the line "be you ever so forgotten there is someone who remembers." Can you help me find this? I framed it and now have lost--or packed away--the picture. HELP! msb

Yes, I finally did get my book from Booksurge. They had forgotten to send it? Anyway, they finally answered my E-mail and a month and one week after I ordered it, it arrived.

Does anyone know if there's anything in Arizona in the way of tourism regarding Herriman /Krazy Kat? (Or for that matter, Jimmy Swinnerton or Jack Kent or any regional cartoonists?)

I'm going to Arizona in March and wondering if there's anything commemorating or about these artists in the state...

A long shot, I know!

I'm glad you got your copy but it has been a month now and I have not. They do not answer e-mail or phone messages. You were lucky.

Don't panic yet Tom, I got my copy of the 18-19 kat dailies from Booksurge here in the U.K. after a few weeks wait. On the subject of dailies I notice that Spec Productions' latest new products bulletin contains an ambitious programme of Herriman releases, Bill Blackbeard (he should be made a duke or something) is behind it all. The first release, By George, is due out this month (Jan 04). Let's try and support this, at least while the money holds out.

I tried ordering this book through Booksurge, and while my charge card was immediately charged I have yet to recieve a copy. They didn't answer the phone or reply to a message left. Be careful.

this is my frist time goin to this site and i love this site i have been on for 10 min i am at school in miss burnett one of the nicest tearch in this school and this site rules and u should make a game if u have i must not have found it yet byeee

marta
for an all-round single volume collection with a big spread of strips sunday and daily, also quite a lot on the evolution of herriman's work generally and krazy particularly, i would heartily recommend KRAZY KAT THE COMIC ART OF GEORGE HERRIMAN by mcdonnell,o'connell and de havenon and published by Abrams
(the edition i bought was $14.95, probably more now)
if i had to throw out all but one krazy kat book, that'd be the one i'd keep
best wishes
wilbur

I've been suspecting this ever since I saw my first Kat-strip in the 90's since I cannot get the kat (bump) out of my head.Thanks to the wonderful person who translated the strips in finnish (excellent work, I say!) and let me into this world of love and broader understanding of human life. Go Kat!

I just love Kat, and will allways do...

i think they should just reprit the ones with the dingbat family because well it is the thing that started it all!

ok i know this may not be the right place to ask but im running out of options. I need to buy a tiger tea set for s friend. It doesn't matter what the tiger looks like as long as its on the tea set ...if anyone can help me please do..its nearly impossiable to find.
thank you

Hello, your website is most appreciated!
It was awesome to discover Krazy Kat while working in the 'stacks' division of a library. I loved the strip for its cool art, incorruptible sweetness, and dissemination of good vs.bad... In the two years I worked there during high school, no one ever took out Krazy Kat out of the basement, which was fine with me.

If a person with limited means (ahem) wanted to purchase one good Krazy book, what would you recommend? Also, does anyone have insight about those Krazy enamel pins, made in 1920's(?) that show up sometimes on ebay? I wondered how they came to be. Thanks!

im called as the mouse... i feel goodabout this cartoon.

Hi there, if you want to see the best show on earth about Krazy Kat, come to Geneva ! The "compagnie du Loup" created their first "Krazy Kat" show twenty years ago, and they are showing it again now, December 2003, and IT'S A MIRACLE ! Funny, tender, simply irresistible, and very close to Herriman's strips! Thanks to them for bringing Herriman's world closer to many people who have no idea a magical world like Coconino exists somewhere, and yes, it does change one's life to know about Krazy Kat !!!!!!!

There are two vintage Krazy Kat dolls that I know of - the really old (1920's?) one pictured in Mabel's hands on the Herriman page here, and the ones released by Hamilton Gifts/Presents in the mid-880's. I have a few of the latter, but every time the old one shows up on EBay it goes for $300-$1000 and I just don't have that kind of cash to blow. A beat up one sold on EBay yesterday or $300. I've seen a recently published notebook, but no keychains...

I have well meaning plans to photograph all of my collectables (it's a decent collection) and put up another page here. Someday soon. Maybe when the kid (4) is in college. ;-)

Hey... was in NYC a couple weeks ago, and went to Midtown Comics on W. 40th for an Alex Ross signing. Browsing among the toys upstairs my son pointed out these old-style Krazy & Ignatz dolls, and back of package pictured other products -- a notebook and a keychain. Just a heads-up; can't remember the manufacturer/licensee.

it's been said be-foah: great site!

Dano
upstate NY

Further to that last comment, below, does anyone know what sort of habit Herriman had? I mean, was he an all-day every-day man, or just occasional, or what?

H'mm...tiger tea, eh? I had some last night...any other Krazy Kat fans share my - and Herriman's - interest?

On the subject of Krazy's sex, i read somewhere that Herriman himself said he used to wonder whether Krazy's a girl or a boy, as it seemed to change with different strips, but in the end realised that it doesn't matter, Krazy is 'a sprite'.

Ferrets are so cute and I like how they jump and play.Ilike how they take food and my stuff and I like how they fight with the cats at home .Ilove them for pets. and there nice and sweet some people think they look like rats because some of them have red eyes some have blak eyes they live in south dackota in the wild.they are part of the minks and weasel otherwise known as the mustelidae group.

In the latest Previews catalog there is listed a DVD of Krazy Kat cartoons. I think it is going to be the 1960's cartoons, but I may be pleasantly surprised. You can find Previews at comic shops. The Video & DVD section is all the way in the very back.

would love to have a chance to have mrs quak-quak featured. she is so funny and so dear to the hearts of true Krazy Fans

I think this cartoon it´s a classic and need to be alive!!!!
i really like krazy kat i wolud like buy t shirt ands stuff like that like mugs!!! it will be incredible!!!

please check out:
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for best quality krazy kat t-shirt. I rec'd immediate delivery.
Highly recommend.
Willy

Wonderfull site, to be appreciated just like the Kat him(her)self. Like to share a tip. I live in Holland, owned vols 3-5 of Krazy Kat Komix, Real Free Press, Amsterdam and I just found someone who sold me copies 1 and 2. I like to share a tip. He still has vols. 3-5 double and would sell them. More information on http://www.thelooniverse.com/strips/realfreepress/realfreepress.html
Regards and keep the good ole' desert work goin....
Gjelt de Graaf

hi there
i bought three volumes of the Eclipse reprints the other week in a secondhand shop and have fallen in love with krazy....herrimans text goes off on such beautiful tangents, its like poetry at times! years ago i read this book called 'schrodingers cat trilogy' by robert anton wilson, and at various points in the book the characters discuss the relationship between a mouse called ignatz and a cat called krazy...it didnt make much sense at the time but now i know what they were alluding to!
oh, and nice site by the way!

with regards to what you said, miss Emma Mouse, I don't really think it matters. All the other characters call Krazy 'he', but the Kat in kwestion is so very feminine...

i wanna know if there is already DVD of KRAZY KAT
thanks

Try http://newgeneralstore.com/home.html for a great T-Shirt.

Does anyone know a site to order a Krazy Kat t-shirt, or posters? If so please let me know.
Thanks, Kelly

foist time io chat-ed iz to you chat, Khat? lower steppees needs lotsa kats to be balancing up the ignatzez 'n pupz. Less fossul offisus, more katz, mind ya, no offisuz 'n ignatzez 'n katz not az appearent.

A french scholarly magazine few years ago publish an article on the origin of KK in indian artefacts.
Does anybody have more information on it?

Don't wish to open a can of worms here but..
Just wonder what people think..
Is Krazy a girl or a boy or do you think it doesn't matter?

I've read about Bill's plans (he participates in the Comic Strip Classics mailing list - info on joining in the Bibliography). I know that Stinging Monkey Press in Canada also hopes to continue publishing the Krazy Kat dailies, although that won't be on as aggressive a schedule as the Fantagraphics Sundays books (a new one is due very soon).

I'm pretty excited, as the non-Krazy stuff is hard to find. Bill has previously published collections of Baron Bean and The Family Upstairs (where Krazy and Ignatz first were presented), but these are now way out of print and very hard to find.

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Peter

Hello, I have received news that Bill Blackbeard, faithful comic strip salvager, is reprinting some volumes entitled: The Complete Daily Comic Strips of George Herriman Before & After Krazy Kat.
They are gonna be oversized volumes by Spec productions in the future (??). I'm certainly excited by this news, and if this is new news to any of you out there, I'm sure you'll be excited by it too.
And also, great website! Thanks for the good work!

Just making ure this all works as advertised

multiline and all

zeshan

Hi Everyone. Go to the Library of Congress American Memory web site at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html and follow the search link. If you search for Krazy Kat you'll find three cartoons from 1916 that you can download.

Thanks to Peter for this great site.
Best,
"Don"

la gata loca la lleva!!!!!

tengo 27 a;os y soy caricaturista, vi la Gata Loca en mi infancia, la adoro, admito la influencia de Herriman en mi trabajo, sencillamente considero a los personajes y el mundo en que se desenvuelven como maravillas del arte.
Saludos de Costa Rica

I'm a great fan of Krazy Kat's - or should I say George. Thanks for putting up this page.

Krazy James
www.globaldesigns.com
service@globaldesigns.com

I'm a great fan of Krazy Kat's - or should I say George. Thanks for putting up this page.

Krazy James
www.globaldesigns.com
service@globaldesigns.com

I am working on my master's thesis on Critical Theory and am using Krazy Kat as an example of Henri Bergson's Matter and Memory. The example is just so apt! Thanks for all the info!
-Bill

You mean good ol' "Offica Pup"?

I'm either too old or too young (88) to have read Krazy Kat, but what was the name of Krazy Kat's cop friend (2 words)?

Ah, my apologies - with such unusually high activity and my delayed posting (moderation), this can happen. I will look at reformatting things a bit here so that context doesn't get so easily lost.

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Peter

I was saying amen to the lost beverage not to Andrew not showing his strip! Phew! Nearly got into trouble then!

in the early 50's, at the age of five, I saw a rerun of this cartoon in our local newspaper. It had a wonderful affect on me, almost put me in a sort of trance. We moved away that year, and the paper in our new town didn't carry Krazy Kat. But the memory of my brief visit to Cococino country haunted me for the rest of my life.

amen to that! Hallelujah! ;)

Hi! My name is Andrew and I'm a huge fan of "Krazy Kat". I think George Herriman's was one of the most brilliant creative minds the world has ever known.
After reading enough of Krazy to get the hang of Herriman's style, and having drawn cartoons for several years prior to discovering Krazy, and furthermore having a great affection for all varieties of wordplay and semantic tomfoolery, I thought it might be interesting to try something of an imitation of Herriman's style. So I created a strip called "Hobo Hijinx" (Incidentally, I draw it privately for my own amusement. I am not a professional syndicated cartoonist, but a mere 16-year-old from Philadelphia who is creatively inclined). I have shown the strip to some of my teachers at school and they love it, so I realized after a while I was on to something! I might as well mention, though, that I am in no way claiming to be as much of an artistic genius as Herriman himself. I draw "Hobo Hijinx" to have fun being creative and to express my admiration for Herriman's work.
Sorry for this all this rambling, but I thought my fellow Krazy fans might be interested to know about this, even if it is only a personal project..I don't think I have the time to scan in any of my "Hobo Hijinx" strips, but if any of you are curious, I could write out transcripts of the dialogue or something like that (which is just as well, since my drawings look like c--p).

Adios, amigos.

A post-prandial rumination of the most random sort has left my thots run aground on the sholls of serendipity and sorrow. Were is this tea of tigers. It has been sad decades since last it soothed my brow. Our poor world is the sorrier since its disapearance. O beverage of deliverance save us from savage coolers of wine and fortified antacids.

Robbie - there are certainly holes in my bibliography, and it's exciting to hear about any dditions. I've ordered the book from Amazon, and will update the page when it arrives.

Emma - We actually gave our son the middle name "Ignatz" (and, yes, my wife liked the idea). At age four, he has yet to complain about it - or make a clear connection as to the source - but we'll see how it goes when he's older. :-)

If, of course, any of your work gets web-published, please send a link! Being an admirer of Herriman didn't stop Charles Shulz or Bill Watterson from coming up with worthy successors.

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Peter

Robbie - there are certainly holes in my bibliography, and it's exciting to hear about any additions. I've ordered the book from Amazon, and will update the page when it arrives.

Emma - We actually gave our son the middle name "Ignatz" (and, yes, my wife liked the idea). At age four, he has yet to complain about it - or make a clear connection as to the source - but we'll see how it goes when he's older. :-)

If, of course, any of your work gets web-published, please send a link! Being an admirer of Herriman didn't stop Charles Shulz or Bill Watterson from coming up with worthy successors.

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Peter

I just fell clean in love with krazy kat when I first saw it. It inspired me to use emma ignatz mouse as my username for a theatre discussion board I am a member of..now, the name has stuck, whenever I go to the theatre they call me emma mouse! (they probably have difficulty pronouncing/ remembering ignatz) ahem! just showing my embarrassing devotion to all things krazy!
In England, hardly anybody has heard of Krazy Kat or Herriman apart from a few notables of the comics' cognoscenti. I am trying to redress the balance. I myself am trying to eke some life out of comics with my scribbles and illustrations and find Herriman's work a constant source of inspiration and envy.

Oh, well. Chances are that you missed it, but someone lacking a life took the opportunity of unrestricted access here and used it to post childish garbage that was somewhat offensive. Take my word - this was not stuff that you would care to read, not creative, and not of any relevance to Krazy Kat. So this is now a moderated discussion board. Please don't hesitate to post here - as I said below, anything on topic and politely worded is welcome. I will approve posts that aren't obscene or offensive in nature ASAP. Oh, and I also fixed the comments page, so you can feel free to contact me privately as well by clicking my name in the footer of every other page. Thanks!

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Peter

Your bibliography doesn't include the
recent re-publication of Robert Warshow's
essay's, "The Immediate Experience".
That book, published by Harvard
University Press, which contains a brilliant
article by Warshow about Krazy Kat. The article is a review of the
first printing of the book with the
Cummings introduction. The essay is
fabulous (only about 5 or 6 pages long)
as is the rest of the book. Thanks for
keeping such a great site!
(ps - I too grew up in Brookline)

hey love your cartoon and what not lol
much love


oh forget being anonymous.... im desiree

I enjoyed the TV cartoons when I was a child in the early sixties. It was my favorite. It is fun to rediscover it all on the net. I planned to paint Krazy Kat and Ignatz on the fins of my airboat and name the boat Krazy Kat as a tribute.

I came across Krazy Kat in a book about cat illustrations at a senior citizens bazarre. It was love at first sight. I've just started looking at the offerings on the net. How exciting!

Great animation! My three year old son and I watched it cycle for about ten minutes. Something for both of us - I love Krazy Kat, he loves cars. :-). Let us know when you complete the next one, and say thanks to Freja!

There is a greater fan than myself. I read the Archy and Mehitabel in second grade. The stories made me fall for the writings of E.E. Cummings and most importantly the works of George Herriman (esp. Krazy Kat). What a perfect creature/creation was Krazy. Sexual, but which sex? Unconditional, but for love? Pride and promise without prejudice. Thank you for your support and belief for the world of Krazy/Herriman.

~Sdhiorm

Hi from Sweden,
It looks like I will be the first to give you any comment. As Herriman is my favourite cartooner I am glad I found this page - as it´s a good one too. Me and my 8-year old daughter has done a simple animation for everyone too see. It is made in Flash, so you need the flashplayer as your browsers plugin.

www.kageklang.com/klang/krazykat.htm

I´m also making a longer try with Krazy, as I soon will release.

Welcome to the Tiger Tea Room! This is the place to post your comments and questions about Krazy Kat and all things Herriman. It's been a long-time plan of mine to put a guestbook/chat function on the site, and I finally made the time to do it. This will be a good place to ask those obscure questions and inquire about Krazy collectables, which I am far from an expert on.

Housekeeping: This board will be lightly moderated to remove really annoying things. As I have received simply rude emails from time to time, I assume that the same will happen here, and we will all refrain from replying/encouraging them until I notice it and delete it.

Formatting: HTML won't work here, so if you want to share a url, just type in the address, don't try to format it as a link. In a related note, there is no spell check or ability to edit your posts, but, if you email me I'll do my best to quickly make a correction for you.

If/When the page gets too long, I'll set up an archive and move some stuff there. If you want to reach me privately, you can still use the email form linked to my name in the page footer.

Enjoy!

Peter Campbell
Proprieter
The Tiger Tea Room