newspaper comic strip Krazy Kat was beloved by a few intellectuals and publishing giant William Hearst. It was turned into a series of animated cartoons several times in the silent era, but the ...

, I talked with Michael Tisserand, author of Krazy: George Herriman in Black and White - the first in-depth biography of the New Orleans-born illustrator who created the seminal comic strip Krazy Kat.

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Genius is simplicity. A dog, who is a policeman, loves a cat who loves a mouse. The mouse throws bricks at the cat, and the policeman jails him. Some aspect of this, more or less every day, for more ...

Of all classic comic strips, George Her­riman’s Krazy Kat was the most bril­liantly formulaic. For over 30 years, the daily installment climaxed more often than not wi1h the strip’s eponymous star ...

The backgrounds of the Krazy Kat strips are distinctly Southwestern, drawing from Herriman's memory of the mesas and canyons of Arizona. Only Krazy's odd patois — which Tisserand describes as ...

"George Herriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays" is a dynamite introduction to one of the most dysfunctional duos ever found on the funny pages. It's also a book-shelf must-have for anyone ...

When George Herriman died in 1944, Time magazine called the creator of the popular "Krazy Kat" comic strip "a figure of almost Franciscan sweetness." It might seem strange to use a religious reference ...

Michael Tisserand’s new biography “Krazy,” will introduce its readers to an American genius they’ve probably never heard of — George Herriman, creator of the Krazy Kat comic strip. Krazy Kat, which ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Glen David Gold, The Washington Post KRAZY: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White By Michael Tisserand. Harper. 560 pp. $35. ISBN 978-0061732997 ...