George Herriman

A fourth color volume of Krazy Kat Sunday strips continues the unrequited love triangle shared by Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, and Offisa Pup, in a volume that features an unpublished 1920s Herriman painting and an essay by critic Jeet Heer about the friendship between Herriman and Native American trading-post operators John and Louisa Wetherill. Original.

"a Ragout of Raspberries" : Culling Together the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, with Addanda, 1941-42

Krazy & Ignatz

Nora 

Presents two years of Sunday comic strips of "Krazy Kat."

"a Kat A'lilt with Song" : Convening the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, with Some Extra Dailies, 1931-32

Caleb Yarian

A series of comic strips by George Herriman which feature the adventures of Krazy and Ignatz.

Krazy and Ignatz

This volume is one of a long-term plan to chronologically reprint strips from the prime of Herriman's career, most of which have not seen print since originally running in newspapers 75 years ago. Each volume is edited by the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum's Bill Blackbeard, the world's foremost authority on early 20th Century American comic strips, and designed by Jimmy Corrigan author Chris Ware. In addition to the 104 full-page black-and-white Sunday strips from 1927 and 1928 (Herriman did not use color until 1935), the book includes introductions by Blackbeard, vaudeville historian Ben Schwartz and reproductions of rare Herriman ephemera from Ware's own extensive collection, as well as annotations and other notes by Ware and Blackbeard. Krazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationships of its three main characters. Krazy Kat adored Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz Mouse just tolerated Krazy Kat, except for recurrent onsets of targeting tumescence, which found expression in the fast delivery of bricks to Krazy's cranium. Offisa Pup loved Krazy and sought to protect "her" (Herriman always maintained that Krazy was genderless) by throwing Ignatz in jail. Each of the characters was ignorant of the others' true motivations, and this simple structure allowed Herriman to build entire worlds of meaning into the actions, building thematic depth and sweeping his readers up by the looping verbal rhythms of Krazy & Co.'s unique dialogue.

Love Letters in Ancient Brick : Continuing the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, 1927-1928

Collects early twentieth-century comic strips featuring Krazy the cat, Ignatz the mouse, and their fellow Coconino County inhabitants.

"a Mice, a Brick, a Lovely Night" : Cataloging the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, 1929-30

"Shifting Sands Dusts Its Cheek in Powdered Beauty" : Compounding the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, with Some Exta Oddities, 1937-38

Fifth in a series, this unique retrospecive re-introduces a popular comic from the Hearst Newspapers of the Depression that has not been seen in seventy years, showcasing this slice of funny page history. Original.

"necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush" : Compounding the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, with Some Extra Rarities, 1933-34

A sixth volume of Krazy Kat comics reflects the strip's return to color format in June, 1935, and features the illustrations that were published on Sundays over the course of eighteen months, in a volume that features rare pieces from the editor's files, a self-portrait by Herriman, and several Kat watercolors painted for friends, peers, and relatives. Original.

"a Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy" : Coalescing the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, with the Usual Extra Rarities, 1935-36

A new collection of full-color Krazy Kat comics includes all of the Sunday strips from 1939 and 1940 and follows the unrequited love triangle between Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse, and Offisa Pup, as all three characters respond without being aware of the others' feelings. Original.

Collects the strips from the last two years of the series, including complete, full-color Sunday pieces, in a treasury that offers a retrospective look at Herriman's life at the drawing table, previously unseen samples of original art, and a selection of Krazy Kat dailies from the creator's final years. Original.

"He Nods in Quiescent Siesta" : Completing the Full-page Comic Strips, 1943-44

Collects the strips from years 1922 to 1925, along with the complete runs of the cartoonist's 1903 first daily strip "Mrs. Waitaminnit--the Woman Who is Always Late," and his Sundays-only strip from the 1920s, "US Husbands."

Krazy & Ignatz "a Ragout of Raspberries" : Culling Together the Complete Full-page Comic Strips, with Addanda, 1941-42

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