Krazy Kat

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Summary: Pop art...pop life, the beginning of the 20th cent. is Krazy
Review: This is what all popular art forms should be. A social commentary as love poem. And poem this is. There is very little that someone can write about the Krazy experience without treading in the same terran as this wonderful book. This is were your Krazy love afair begins. And unlike Ignatz you don't show your love with a brick.

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Summary: KRAZY KAT IS THE FUNNIEST, MOST LUNATIC COMIC STRIP EVER!
Review: Utterly insane, surreal stuff. Krazy Kat (who is usually female but is sometimes apparently male) is in love with Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz loathes Krazy, and to prove it konstantly kreases that kats krown with a brick. Krazy sees this as proof of his affection, and falls even more deeply in love. Officer Pup, who is in love with Krazy, frequently throws Ignatz into jail for hitting Krazy, which causes Krazy to pine for her would-be lover. This is merely the barest sketch of this weird and wild world.

We are now in the midst of end of the century lists. Although largely forgotten now, Krazy Kat has to merit serious consideration as the finest cartoon strip of the century. Certainly it is the richest. These strips stand up to rereading far more than anyother of which I know.

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Summary: The Kraziest love triangle ever
Review: Utterly insane, surreal stuff. Krazy Kat (who is usually female but is sometimes apparently male) is in love with Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz loathes Krazy, and to prove it konstantly kreases that kats krown with a brick. Krazy sees this as proof of his affection, and falls even more deeply in love. Officer Pup, who is in love with Krazy, frequently throws Ignatz into jail for hitting Krazy, which causes Krazy to pine for her would-be lover. This is merely the barest sketch of this weird and wild world.

We are now in the midst of end of the century lists. Although largely forgotten now, Krazy Kat has to merit serious consideration as the finest cartoon strip of the century. Certainly it is the richest. These strips stand up to rereading far more than anyother of which I know.

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Summary: Woo! Krazy Kat rocks the spot!
Review: What a swell book, I say! Brilliantly manufactured diction and absurd plots make "Krazy Kat" one of the most insanely inventive comic strips ever. Krazy is desperately in love with Ignatz, who pelts her with bricks and gets sent to jail with regularity. George Herriman's stark drawings are the perfect setting for his characters' twisted tales of adoration, violence, abuse and unrequited love. Treat youself to this masterwork of 20th century genius! I dig me some Krazy Kat! Yeah! Krazy Kat!

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Summary: Woo! Krazy Kat rocks the spot!
Review: What a swell book, I say! Brilliantly manufactured diction and absurd plots make "Krazy Kat" one of the most insanely inventive comic strips ever. Krazy is desperately in love with Ignatz, who pelts her with bricks and gets sent to jail with regularity. George Herriman's stark drawings are the perfect setting for his characters' twisted tales of adoration, violence, abuse and unrequited love. Treat youself to this masterwork of 20th century genius! I dig me some Krazy Kat! Yeah! Krazy Kat!

Rating:
Summary: Woo! Krazy Kat rocks the spot!
Review: What a swell book, I say! Brilliantly manufactured diction and absurd plots make "Krazy Kat" one of the most insanely inventive comic strips ever. Krazy is desperately in love with Ignatz, who pelts her with bricks and gets sent to jail with regularity. George Herriman's stark drawings are the perfect setting for his characters' twisted tales of adoration, violence, abuse and unrequited love. Treat youself to this masterwork of 20th century genius! I dig me some Krazy Kat! Yeah! Krazy Kat!

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Summary: The greatest comic strip ever? You bet.
Review: When I noticed that many of my favourite cartoonists have said that Herriman's 'Krazy Kat' is the greatest comic strip ever, I decided I should check it out. It didn't take long before I agreed with them.

George Herriman is one of those rare individuals who genuinely deserves to be called a genius. That's a word that gets thrown around a little too casually perhaps, but in Herriman's case it is almost an understatement.

He was a brilliantly inventive artist, but his writing is what really sets him apart. A lot of the dialogue is written phonetically in bizarre dialects, a tricky thing to do, but he uses it to great effect.

Whereas space restrictions force cartoonists today to avoid using more words than is necessary, Herriman would often use a lot more, and much of the pleasure of reading 'Krazy Kat' comes from the sheer virtuosity with which Herriman uses language.

That a comic strip could be as funny, as intellectually stimulating, and as beautiful to look at as 'Krazy Kat' seems to me to be some kind of miracle. This book is a great introduction to Herriman and his work. There's a generous helping of 'Krazy Kat' strips, as well as some of Herriman's other work. Anyone who loves comics should have it. I cannot recommend it highly enough.