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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.
All of which makes Michael Tisserand’s “Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White” a fascinating and frustrating biography.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Dec 5, 2016 · It’s easy to imagine the ghost of George Herriman laughing as he watches his biographer roll down St. Charles Avenue in a leopard-print recliner.
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.
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Dec 28, 2016 · Tisserand begins his deeply researched and brilliantly written book by sharing what was once a well-kept secret, a fact denied even by scholars who knew better: George Herriman (1880-1944),...
