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George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among those in the arts.
George Herriman, a Life in Black and White. By Michael Tisserand. Illustrated. 545 pp. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. $35. In our superficially more enlightened age, the phrase “mixed race” has...
George Herriman was an American cartoonist who created Krazy Kat, a comic strip whose originality in terms of fantasy, drawing, and dialogue was of such high order that many consider it the finest strip ever produced.
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Krazy Kat (also known as Krazy & Ignatz in some reprints and compilations) is an American newspaper comic strip, created by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the New York Evening Journal, whose owner, William Randolph Hearst, was a major booster for the strip throughout its run.
Mar 18, 2017 · George Joseph Herriman was born August 22, 1880, at 348 Villere Street, in New Orleans’s Tremé district. His family dated back in the city to 1816 as free blacks, business owners,...
Apr 11, 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of George Herriman, the enigmatic cartoonist who revolutionized the genre with his ironic and innovative work. Discover how his Creole roots, his use of color and his influence on jazz shaped his iconic creation Krazy Kat.
Dec 5, 2016 · George Herriman, from Michael Tisserand's Krazy Kat bio of George Herriman. 'Krazy Kat' by Michael Tisserand. Characters burst from an Easter egg in a George Herriman cartoon....
