A Krazy Kat strip dated 1939. As published in "Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White," by Michael Tisserand. (Courtesy of Heritage Auctions) George Herriman may be the most influential ...

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 ...

Almost nobody remembers Krazy Kat today. It has gone to the funny-paper graveyard along with the Katzenjammer Kids, Rip Kirby, Terry and the Pirates, the Yellow Kid, Little Nemo and dozens-hundreds?

While many comic strip series have gone on to be considered some of the most influential of all time, none have been credited by other comic strip artists as much as the iconic Krazy Kat comic strips.

George Herriman’s raucous and bittersweet “Krazy Kat,” published from 1913 to 1944, was the most ingenious comic strip of the 20th century. It featured a black, beribboned cat named Krazy, who loves a ...

Michael Tisserand’s “Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White” doesn’t bury its lead. Tisserand begins his deeply researched and brilliantly written book by sharing what was once a well-kept ...

Edited and designed by Craig Yoe Abrams ComicArts. 176 pp. $29.95 Not only is “Krazy Kat” (1913-44) the chief glory of the American newspaper comic strip, it evokes the salad days of the American ...

“Krazy Kat,” George Herriman’s exuberant and idiosyncratic newspaper comic, was never broadly popular. From the beginning, though, it found fans among writers and artists. P. G. Wodehouse compared it ...