Krazy & Ignatz 1925-1926: "There Is a Heppy Lend Fur Fur Awa-a-ay" - Softcover

Herriman, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560973862 ISBN 13: 9781560973867

Publisher: Fantagraphics, 2002

Synopsis

This volume reprints what many consider to be Herriman's prime: his Sunday strips from 1925 and 1926, two full years of strips printed full-page in their original black and white, plus material never collected before.

Fantagraphics is proud to re-present Krazy Kat to a new generation of readers. Each volume in this series reprints two full years of Sunday strips, or 104 full-page, black-and-white Sunday strips (Herriman did not incorporate color into the strip until 1935). Krazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationship of its three main characters. Krazy Kat adored Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz Mouse hated Krazy Kat, the expression of which was in throwing bricks at Krazy's head. Offisa Pup loved Krazy and sought to protect "her" (Herriman always maintained that Krazy was genderless), mostly by throwing Ignatz in jail. Each of the characters was ignorant of the other's true motivations. This simple structure allowed Herriman to build entire worlds of meaning into the actions, building thematic depth that led critics like Gilbert Seldes and E. E. Cummings to recognize Herriman's genius almost immediately. Each of Fantagraphics' Krazy & Ignatz volumes is designed by Chris Ware, creator of the wildly successful ACME Novelty Library series. This beautiful volume includes material never collected before. Black-and-white comic strips and illustrations throughout

About this title

About the Author:

George Herriman (1880-1944), the creator of Krazy Kat, was born in New Orleans and lived most of his life in Los Angeles, California. He is considered by many to be the greatest strip cartoonist of all time.

Bill Blackbeard, the founder-director of the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum, is the world's foremost authority on early 20th Century American comic strips. As a freelance writer, Blackbeard wrote, edited or contributed to more than 200 books on cartoons and comic strips, including The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics, 100 Years of Comic Strips, and the Krazy & Ignatz series.

Review:

Krazy Kat is as fresh now as when it first appeared and repays repeated reading. -- Jeet Heer, Saturday Post, 12 April 2002

A book that no comics collection should be without. Grade: A. -- Jeremy Shorr, The Comics Buyer's Guide, 1 February 2002

A road map to Herriman's wistfully beautiful world. -- Los Angeles, January 2003, Robert Ito

An undertaking that all fans of comic art should support....Long may that brick fly. -- San Antonio Current, 13 June 2002, John DeFore

Harriman's vision shines through: Krazy Kat continues to be a beacon of sanity in a world gone irreversibly ga-ga. -- Bizarre

One of the most poetic and profound works of any popular art...one of the greatest portraits of love ever conceived. -- Andrew Arnold, Time.com's #3 Best Comic of the Year 2002

Something magical happens and you find yourself still chuckling about it days later. -- The Guardian [London], 16 June 2002

The brilliant surreal strips collected here tell of Krazy Kat's unrequited love for Ignatz Mouse. -- Book Magazine's "Best Graphic Novels of 2002," November/December 2002

There's poetry in Krazy's absurd phrases and magic in the image of a hero(ine?) so unselfconscious... -- The Village Voice, 11 December 2002

Widely regarded as one of the greatest examples of the comics as art. ...kollect this klassic komplete. -- Library Journal, 1 November 2002

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1560973862
• ISBN 13: 9781560973867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Blackbeard Bill