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	Topics Krazy Kat Topic Home *Krazy Kat* is a comic stripComic strip A comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story.... created by George HerrimanGeorge Herriman George Joseph Herriman was an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip Krazy Kat.... that appeared in U.S. newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It was first published in William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper magnate, born in San Francisco, California.... 's New York Evening JournalNew York Journal American The *New York Journal American* was a newspaper published from 1937 to 1966.... , and Hearst was a major booster for the strip throughout its run. Set in a dreamlike portrayal of Herriman's vacation home of Coconino County, ArizonaCoconino County, Arizona Coconino County is located in the north central part of the U.S.... , Krazy Kat's mixture of surrealismSurrealism *Surrealism* is an artistic, cultural and intellectual movement oriented toward the liberation of the mind by emphasizing ... , innocent playfulness, and poeticPoetic Poetic may refer to:* Poems, or a relation thereof.... language have made it a favorite of comics aficionados and art criticArt critic An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating or coloring art.... s for more than eighty years. The strip focuses on the curious "love" triangleLove triangle A love triangle refers to a romantic relationship involving three people.... between its title character, a carefree and innocent catCAT CAT is an acronym that may stand for:... of indeterminate gender (referred to as both male and female); the cat's antagonistAntagonist An antagonist is a character or group of characters, or, sometimes an institution of a story who represents the opposition a... , Ignatz Mouse; and the protective police dog, Officer Bull Pupp. Krazy nurses an unrequited loveUnrequited love and [[t... for the mouse; however, Ignatz despises Krazy and constantly schemes to throw a brickBrick Overview Brick is an artificial stone made by forming clay into rectangular blocks which are hardened, either by burning in a kiln or... at Krazy's head, which Krazy takes as a sign of affection. Officer Pupp, as Coconino County's administrator of law and order, makes it his unwavering mission to interfere with Ignatz's brick-tossing plans and lock the mouse in the county jail. Despite the slapstickSlapstick Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated physical violence.... simplicity of the general premise, it was the detailed characterization, combined with Herriman's visual and verbal creativity, that made Krazy Kat one of the first comics to be widely praised by intellectuals and treated as serious art. Gilbert SeldesGilbert Seldes Gilbert Vivian Seldes was an American writer and cultural critic.... , a noted art critic of the time, wrote a lengthy panegyricPanegyric Summary A panegyric is a formal public speech delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally highly studied and discrimi... to the strip in 1924, calling it "the most amusing and fantastic and satisfactory work of art produced in America today." Famed poet E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings , abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright... , as another Herriman admirer, wrote the introduction to the first collection of the strip in book form. Though only a modest success during its initial run, in more recent years, many modern cartoonists have cited Krazy Kat as a major influence. Characters Krazy Kat Simple-minded and curious, the strip's title character drifts through life in Coconino County without a care. Krazy's dialogue is a highly stylized argotArgot Argot is primarily slang used by various groups, including but not limited to thieves and other criminals, to prevent outsi... ("A fowl konspirissy — is it pussible?") phonetically evoking a mixture of EnglishEnglish language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England but is now the primary language in numerous countries.... , FrenchFrench language French is the third-largest of the Romance languages in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese, b... , SpanishSpanish language Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language.... , YiddishYiddish language Yiddish is a nonterritorial Germanic language spoken throughout the world and written with the Hebrew alphabet.... , and other dialects, often identified as George Herriman's own native New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana Summary New Orleans is a major United States port city and historically the largest city in the U.S.... dialect, YatYat (New Orleans) Yat refers to natives of New Orleans who speak a particular dialect of English as well as to that manner of speaking.... . Often singing and dancing to express the Kat's eternal joy, Krazy is hopelessly in love with Ignatz and thinks that the mouse's brick-tossing is his way of returning that love. Krazy is also completely unaware of the bitter rivalry between Ignatz and Officer Pupp and mistakes the dog's frequent imprisonment of the mouse for an innocent game of tagTag (game) Tag is an informal playground game that usually involves one or more players attempting to "tag" other players by touching t... ("Ever times I see them two playing games togedda, Ignatz seems to be It"). On those occasions when Ignatz is caught before he can launch his brick, Krazy is left pining for the "l'il ainjil" and wonders where the beloved mouse has gone. Krazy's own gender is never made clear and appears to be fluid, varying from strip to strip. Most authors post-Herriman (beginning with E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings , abbreviated E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright... ) have mistakenly referred to Krazy only as female, but Krazy's creator was more ambiguous and even published several strips poking fun at this uncertainty. When filmmaker Frank CapraFrank Capra Frank Capra was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highl... , a fan of the strip, asked Herriman to straightforwardly define the character's sex, the cartoonist admitted that Krazy was "something like a sprite, an elf. They have no sex. So that Kat can't be a he or a she. The Kat's a spirit — a pixie — free to butt into anything." Most characters inside the strip use "he" and "him" to refer to Krazy, likely as a gender-neutral "he". Ignatz Ignatz Mouse is driven to distraction by Krazy's naïveté, and nothing gives him greater joy than to toss a brick at the Kat's head. To shield his plans from the ever-vigilant (and ever-suspecting) Officer Pupp, Ignatz hides his bricks, disguises himself, or enlists the aid of willing Coconino County denizens (without making his intentions clear). Easing Ignatz's task is Krazy Kat's willingness to meet him anywhere at any appointed time, eager to receive a token of affection in the form of a brick to the head. Officer Pupp "Limb of Law and Arm of Order", Officer Bull Pupp (also called "Offissa" and "Offisa") always tries — and sometimes succeeds — to thwart Ignatz's designs to pelt bricks at Krazy Kat. Officer Pupp and Ignatz often try to get the better of each other even when Krazy is not directly involved, as they both enjoy seeing the other played for a fool. Minor characters Beyond these three, Coconino County is populated with an assortment of characters. Kolin Kelly, a dog, is a brickmaker and often Ignatz's source for projectiles, although he distrusts the mouse. Mrs. Kwakk Wakk, a duck in a pillbox hatPillbox hat A pillbox hat is a small woman's hat with a flat crown and straight, upright sides.... , is a scold who frequently notices Ignatz in the course of his plotting and then informs Officer Pupp. Joe StorkStork Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae.... , "purveyor of progeny to prince & proletarianProletariat The proletariat is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class is proletarian.... ", often makes unwanted baby deliveries to various characters (in one strip, Ignatz tries to trick him into dropping a brick onto Krazy's head from above). Other characters who make semi-frequent appearances are Walter Cephus AustrigeOstrich The ostrich is a flightless bird native to Africa.... ; Bum Bill Bee, a transient insect; Don Kiyote, a dignified and aristocratic Mexican coyoteCoyote The coyote is a member of the Canidae family and a relative of the domestic dog.... ; Mock Duck, a clairvoyant fowl of Chinese descent who resembles a coolieCoolie The term "coolie" is a pejorative term referring both to usually unskilled laborers from Asia, particularly China and India,... and operates a cleaning establishment; and Krazy's cousins, Krazy Katbird and Krazy Katfish. History Krazy Kat evolved from an earlier comic strip of Herriman's, The Dingbat Family, which started in 1910 and would later be renamed "The Family Upstairs." This comic chronicled the Dingbats' attempts to avoid the mischief of the mysterious unseen family living in the apartment above theirs and to unmask that family. Herriman would complete the cartoons about the Dingbats, and finding himself with time left over in his 8-hour work day, filled the bottom of the strip with slapstick drawings of the upstairs family's mouse preying upon the Dingbats' cat. This "basement strip" grew into something much larger than the original cartoon. It became a daily comic strip with a title (running vertically down the side of the page) on October 28, 1913 and a black and white full-page Sunday cartoon on April 23, 1916. Due to the objections of editors, who didn't think it was suitable for the comics sections, Krazy Kat originally appeared in the Hearst papers' art and drama sections. Hearst himself, however, enjoyed the strip so much that he gave Herriman a lifetime contract and guaranteed the cartoonist complete creative freedom. Despite its low popularity among the general public, Krazy Kat gained a wide following among intellectuals. In 1922, a jazzJazz Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in Af... balletBallet Ballet is a specific dance form and technique.... based on the comic was produced and scored by John Alden CarpenterJohn Alden Carpenter John Alden Carpenter was a U.S. composer.... ; though the performance played to sold-out crowds on two nights and was given positive reviews in The New York TimesThe New York Times *The New York Times* is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.... and The New RepublicThe New Republic *The New Republic* is an American journal of opinion published weekly and with a circulation of between 40,000 and 65,000.... , it failed to boost the strip's popularity as Hearst had hoped. In addition to Seldes and Cummings, contemporary admirers of Krazy Kat included Willem de KooningWillem de Kooning Willem de Kooning was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands.... , H. L. MenckenH. L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken , better known as H.... , and Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Jack Kerouac was an American novelist, writer, poet, artist, and part of the Beat Generation.... . More recent scholars and authors have seen the strip as reflecting the DadaDada Summary Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zrich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 19... movement and prefiguring PostmodernismPostmodernism Postmodernism is an idea that has been extremely controversial and difficult to define among scholars, intellectuals, and hi... . Beginning in 1935, Krazy Kat's Sunday edition was published in full color. Though the number of newspapers carrying it dwindled in its last decade, Herriman continued to draw Krazy Kat — creating roughly 3,000 cartoons — until his death in 1944. Hearst promptly canceled the strip after the artist died, because, contrary to the common practice of the time, he did not want to see a new cartoonist take over. Animated adaptations The comic strip was animated several times. The earliest Krazy Kat shorts were produced by William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper magnate, born in San Francisco, California.... in 1916. They were produced under Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial and later the International Film ServiceInternational Film Service International Film Service was an American animation studio created to exploit the popularity of the comic strips controlled... (IFS), though Herriman was not involved. In 1920, after a two-year hiatus, the John R. Bray studioBray Productions Overview Bray Productions was the dominant animation studio based in the United States in the years before World War I.... began producing a series of Krazy Kat shorts. In 1925, animation pioneer Bill Nolan decided to bring Krazy to the screen again. Nolan intended to produce the series under Associated Animators, but when it dissolved, he sought distribution from Margaret J. WinklerMargaret J. Winkler Margaret J. Winkler was one of the key figures in silent animation history, having a crucial role to play in the histories o... . Unlike earlier adaptations, Nolan did not base his shorts on the characters and setting of the Herriman comic strip. Instead, the feline in Nolan's cartoons was an explicitly male cat whose design and personality both reflected Felix the CatFelix the Cat Felix the Cat is a cartoon character from the silent-film era.... . This is probably due to the fact that Nolan himself was a former employee of the Pat SullivanPat Sullivan (film producer) Patrick Sullivan was an Australian migr film producer, best known for producing the first Felix the Cat silent cartoons.... studio. Winkler's husband, Charles B. MintzCharles B. Mintz Charles B. Mintz was an American film producer and distributor, who took control over Margaret J.... , slowly began assuming control of the operation. Mintz and his studio began producing the cartoons in sound beginning with 1929's Ratskin. In 1930, he moved the staff to CaliforniaCalifornia California is a state spanning the southern half of the west coast of the contiguous United States.... and ultimately changed the design of Krazy Kat. The new character bore even less resemblance to the one in the newspapers. Mintz's Krazy Kat was, like many other early 1930s cartoon characters, imitative of Mickey MouseMickey Mouse Michael "Mickey" Mouse is a comic animal cartoon character who has become a symbol for The Walt Disney Company.... , and usually engaged in slapstick comic adventures with his look-alike girlfriend and loyal pet dog. In 1936, animator Isadore Klein, with the blessing of Mintz, set to work creating the short, Lil' Ainjil, the only Mintz work that was intended to reflect Herriman's comic strip. However, Klein was "terribly disappointed" with the resulting cartoon, and the Mickey-derivative Krazy returned. In 1939, Mintz became indebted to his distributor, Columbia PicturesColumbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film and television production company, part of the Columbia TriStar Motio... , and subsequently sold his studio to them. Under the name Screen GemsScreen Gems Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Pictures that has served sev... , the studio produced only one more Krazy Kat cartoon, The Mouse Exterminator in 1940. Gene DeitchGene Deitch Gene Deitch is an American Academy-Award winning illustrator, animator and film director, based out of Prague.... 's Rembrandt Films in PraguePrague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.... , CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until early 1993 .... (now the Czech RepublicCzech Republic The Czech Republic , a member state of the European Union , is a landlocked country in Central Europe.... ) produced Krazy Kat cartoons from 1962 to 1964, helping to introduce Herriman's cat to the baby boom generationPost-World War II baby boom As is often the case with a large war, the elation of victory and large numbers of males returning to their country triggered a ba... . The Deitch shorts were made for television and have a closer connection to the comic strip; the backgrounds are drawn in a similar style, and Ignatz and Officer Pupp are both present. However, this incarnation of Krazy was made explicitly female. Penny Phillips voiced Krazy while Paul Frees voiced Ignatz and Offisa Pupp. Jerky animation and poorly-synchronized voices are common in these Krazy Kat shorts. Jay LivingstonJay Livingston Jay Livingston was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Ray Evans, best known for the songs they composed for ... and Ray EvansRay Evans Raymond Bernard "Ray" Evans was a partner in the composing and songwriter duo with Jay Livingston, best known for the songs ... did the music for most of the episodes. Krazy Kat makes a cameo appearance in the TV special . In the fifth life, "Stunt Cat", Krazy Kat is seen sniffing a flower as Ignatz lifts a blanket full of bricks over his head. Officer Pupp (posing as a director here) then calls for GarfieldGarfield (character) Garfield is a fictional character in the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield... to take Krazy's place before Ignatz drops the bricks on him. In the Spongebob Squarepants Movie, framed pictures of both Krazy and Ignatz can be seen in the background of the icecream parlor. Legacy In 1999, Krazy Kat was rated #1 in a Comics Journal list of the best American comics of the 20th century; the list included both comic bookComic book A comic book or comicbook is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative.... s and comic strips. In 1995, the strip was one of 20 included in the Comic Strip ClassicsComic Strip Classics The Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps was issued by the US Postal Service in 1995 to honor the cen... series of commemorativeCommemorative stamp A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person.... U.S. postage stamps. While Chuck JonesChuck Jones Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated fil... ' Wile E. Coyote and Road RunnerWile E. Coyote and Road Runner Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, ... shorts, set in a similar visual pastiche of the American Southwest, are among the most famous cartoons to draw upon Herriman's work, Krazy Kat has continued to inspire artists and cartoonists to the present day. Patrick McDonnellPatrick McDonnell ... , creator of the current strip MuttsMutts Mutts is a daily comic strip started by Patrick McDonnell in 1994, based around the foibles of pets and their owners.... and co-author of Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman, cites it as his "foremost influence." Bill WattersonBill Watterson Summary William B. "Bill" Watterson II is the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes and a few poems .... of Calvin and HobbesCalvin and Hobbes *Calvin and Hobbes* was a daily comic strip written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson, following the h... fame named Krazy Kat among his three major influences (along with PeanutsPeanuts *Peanuts* was a syndicated daily comic strip written and drawn by American cartoonist Charles M.... and Pogo). Watterson would revive Herriman's practice of employing varied, unpredictable panel layouts in his Sunday strips. Charles M. SchulzCharles M. Schulz Charles Monroe Schulz was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip.... and Will EisnerWill Eisner Summary William Erwin Eisner was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur.... both said that they were drawn towards cartooning partly because of the impact Krazy Kat made on them in their formative years. Jules FeifferJules Feiffer Jules Feiffer is an American syndicated comic-strip cartoonist and author.... , Philip GustonPhilip Guston Overview Philip Guston was a notable painter in the New York School, which included many of the Abstract Expressionists, such as Jack... , and Hunt EmersonHunt Emerson Hunt Emerson is a cartoonist living and working in Birmingham, England.... have all had Krazy Kat's imprint recognized in their work. Larry GonickLarry Gonick Larry Gonick is a cartoonist best known for The Cartoon History of the Universe, a history of the world in comic book fo... 's comic strip Kokopelli & CompanyKokopelli & Company *Kokopelli & Company* is a comic strip drawn by science historian and cartoonist Larry Gonick, aimed generally at ten- to ... is set in "Kokonino County", an homage to Herriman's exotic locale. Chris WareChris Ware Franklin Christenson Ware is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Ac... admires the strip, and his frequent publisher, Fantagraphics, is currently reissuing its entire run. In the 1980s, Sam Hurt's syndicated strip EyebeamEyebeam (comic) Eyebeam was a daily comic strip written and illustrated by Sam Hurt at the University of Texas at Austin.... shows a clear Herriman influence, particularly in its continually morphing backgrounds. Among non-cartoonists, Jay Cantor's 1987 novel Krazy Kat uses Herriman's characters to analyze humanity's reaction to nuclear weaponNuclear weapon A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fission or fusion.... s, while Michael StipeMichael Stipe John Michael Stipe is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M.... of the rock band R.E.M.R.E.M. (band) Summary R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in early 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassis... has a tattooTattoo A tattoo is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin: in technical terms, tattooing is micro-pigment implantation.... of Ignatz and Krazy. Reprints For many decades, Herriman's strip was only sporadically available. The first Krazy Kat collection, published by Henry HoltHenry Holt Henry Holt was a Baltimore, Maryland native book publisher and author.... & Co. in 1946, just two years after Herriman's death, gathered 200 selected strips. In Europe, the cartoons were first reprinted in 1965 by the ItalianItaly Italy, officially the Italian Republic , is a Southern European country.... magazine Linus, and appeared in the pages of the FrenchFrance France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and whi... monthly Charlie Mensuel starting in 1970. In 1969, Grosset & DunlapGrosset & Dunlap Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898.... produced a single hardcover collection of selected episodes and sequences spanning the entire length of the strip's run. The Netherlands' Real Free Press published five issues of "Krazy Kat Komix" in 1975, containing a few hundred strips apiece; each of the issues' covers was designed by Joost SwarteJoost Swarte Joost Swarte is a Dutch comic artist and graphical designer.... . However, owing to the difficulty of tracking down high-quality copies of the original newspapers, no plans for a comprehensive collection of Krazy Kat strips surfaced until the 1980s. All of the Sunday stripSunday strip A Sunday strip is a newspaper comic strip format, where comic strips are printed in the Sunday newspaper, usually in a speci... s from 1916 to 1924 were reprinted by Eclipse ComicsEclipse Comics Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several influential independent publishers during the 1980s and ... in cooperation with Turtle Island Press. The intent was to eventually reprint every Sunday Krazy Kat, but this planned series was aborted when Eclipse ceased business in 1992. Beginning in 2002, Fantagraphics has resumed reprinting Sunday Krazy Kats where Eclipse left off. Fantagraphics has released nine installments to date, with one more to go, designed by Chris WareChris Ware Overview Franklin Christenson Ware is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Ac... . The company plans to continue until all strips through the end in 1944 have been reprinted, and then to start reissuing in the same format the strips previously printed in Eclipse's now out-of-print volumes. Both the Eclipse and Fantagraphics reprints include additional rarities such as older George Herriman cartoons predating Krazy Kat. Kitchen Sink PressKitchen Sink Press Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1969.... , in association with Remco Worldservice Books, reprinted two volumes of color Sunday strips dating from 1935 to 1937; but like Eclipse, they collapsed before they could continue the series. The daily stripDaily strip See also Comic strip and Sunday strip.... s for 1921 to 1923 were reprinted by Pacific Comics Club. The 1922 and 1923 books skipped a small number of strips, which have now been reprinted by Comics RevueComics Revue , [[... . Comics RevueComics Revue , [[... has also published all of the daily strips from September 8, 1930 through December 31, 1934. Fantagraphics come out with a one-shot reprint of daily strips from 1910s and 1920s in 2007. Scattered Sundays and dailies have appeared in several collections, including the Grosset & DunlapGrosset & Dunlap Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898.... book reprinted by Nostalgia Press, but the most readily available sampling of Sundays and dailies from throughout the strip's run is Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. is a book publishing company in New York City, New York founded in 1949 by Harry Nathan Abrams to publ... in 1986. It includes a detailed biography of Herriman and is currently the only in-print book to republish Krazy Kat strips from after 1940. Although it contains over 200 strips, including many color Sundays, it is light on material from 1923 to 1937. Eclipse Comics editions Krazy & Ignatz (1916 strips) ISBN 0-913035-49-1 The Other Side To the Shore Of Here (1917 strips) ISBN 0-913035-74-2 The Limbo of Useless Unconsciousness (1918 strips) ISBN 0-913035-76-9 Howling Among the Halls of Night (1919 strips) ISBN 1-56060-019-5 Pilgrims on the Road to Nowhere (1920 strips) ISBN 1-56060-023-3 Sure As Moons is Cheeses (1921 strips) ISBN 1-56060-034-9 A Katnip Kantata in the Key of K (1922 strips) ISBN 1-56060-063-2 Inna Yott On the Muddy Geranium (1923 strips) ISBN 1560600667 Shed a Soft Mongolian Tear (1924 strips) ISBN 1-56060-102-7 Honeysuckil Love is Doubly Swit (1925 strips) ISBN 1-56060-203-1 (unpublished) Kitchen Sink Press editions 1935–36 ISBN 0-924359-06-4 1936–37 ISBN 0-924359-07-2 limited distribution Fantagraphics Books editions Krazy & Ignatz in "There Is A Heppy Lend Furfur A-Waay": The Komplete Kat Komics 1925–1926 ISBN 1-56097-386-2 Krazy & Ignatz in "Love Letters In Ancient Brick": The Komplete Kat Komics 1927–1928 ISBN 1-56097-507-5 Krazy & Ignatz in "A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night": The Komplete Kat Komics 1929–1930 ISBN 1-56097-529-6 Krazy & Ignatz in "A Kat Alilt with Song": The Komplete Kat Komics 1931–1932 ISBN 1-56097-594-6 Krazy & Ignatz in "Necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush": The Komplete Kat Komics 1933–1934 ISBN 1-56097-620-9 Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips 1925–1934. Collects the five paperback volumes 1925–1934 in a single hardcover volume. Only 1000 copies printed, and only available by direct order from the publisher. ISBN 1-56097-522-9. Krazy & Ignatz in "A Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy": The Komplete Kat Komics 1935–1936 ISBN 1-56097-690-X (first volume in color) Krazy & Ignatz in "Shifting Sands Dusts its Cheeks in Powdered Beauty": The Komplete Kat Komics 1937–1938 ISBN 1-56097-734-5 Krazy & Ignatz in "A Brick Stuffed with Moom-bins": The Komplete Kat Komics 1939–1940 ISBN 1-56097-789-2 Krazy & Ignatz in "A Ragout of Raspberries": The Komplete Kat Komics 1941–42 ISBN 1-56097-887-2 Krazy & Ignatz in "He Nods in Quiescent Siesta": The Komplete Kat Komics 1943-44 ISBN 1-56097-932-1 (August 2008) Krazy & Ignatz: The Kat Who Walked in Beauty (dailies from 1910s and 1920s) ISBN 1-56097-854-6 (hardcover) Harry N. Abrams, Inc. editions Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman. Various strips. ISBN 0-8109-9185-3 (softcover) ISBN 0-8109-8152-1 (hardcover) External links — History, bios, strip archive, bibliography and more. — A critical essay. , with some similarities to the strip. — Includes information on the Mintz-era cartoons bearing the Krazy Kat name. — A site built around the second character of the strip. Forums, archives, etc... - A list of Krazy Kat cartoons in full-colors. - Archive of many strips in very high resolution.