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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781560978879
ISBN: 1560978872
Label: Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer: Fantagraphics Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 120
Publication Date: February 13, 2008
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Sales Rank: 344531
Studio: Fantagraphics Books
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Continuing the award-winning Krazy Kat Sunday reprints.
George Herriman integrated full spectacular color into Krazy Kat in June, 1935. The gorgeous evolution continues in this third color volume, which includes the Sunday strips from all of 1941 and 1942. The color format opens the floodgates for a massive amount of spectacular rare color art from series editor Bill Blackbeard and designer Chris Ware's files, including an unpublished Herriman painting from the 1920s and other surprises.
Krazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationships of its three main characters. Krazy Kat adored Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz Mouse simply tolerated Krazy Kat, except for recurrent onsets of targeted 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 gender-less) 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. Most of these strips in this volume have not seen print since originally running in Hearst newspapers over 70 years ago.
For this volume, critic Jeet Heer contributes an essay about the friendship between Herriman and John and Louisa Wetherill, who ran a trading post in Monument Valley where Herriman often visited. It was through his friendship with the Wetherills that Herriman absorbed much of his knowledge about Native American culture, specifically Navajo, which made its way into Krazy Kat. Heer's essay is based on interviews with the current members of the Wetherill clan, who have provided access to family papers and shed new light on Herriman's life.
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In today's newspaper comics, mediocrity rules. Yes, there are a few good or even great strips out there, but the majority are at best bland and are often worse than that. Newspapers play it safe with comics that have become institutions passed on to new artists as the old ones die, but there is little good that comes out of a Marmaduke, Dennis the Menace or Heathcliff.
Of course, if you think these are good strips--and we're all entitled to our opinions--chances are you won't appreciate ... Read More
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"Kat", "Mouse", "Pupp", "bricks", "jails" - 'nuff said! When is this guy Herriman going to stop repeating himself? Seriously, this penultimate slab of "Krazy Kat" Sunday pages is just as bafflingly enjoyable as always. Where the collection falls short is in the normally superb ancillary material, which appears to have been "mailed in" this time around. Jeet Heer's essay on Herriman's use of language is OK for what it is, but "what it is" isn't nearly comprehensive enough to fully explain the development ... Read More
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Krazy and Ignatz: A Ragout of Raspberries is a full-size, full-color collection of classic Krazy and Ignatz comic strips originally published in 1941-1942, including all of the Sunday strips. At its heart a love triangle (the ostensibly gender-less Krazy Kat loves Ignatz Mouse, Ignatz would throw bricks at Krazy when not tolerating Krazy's unrequited affection, and Offisa Pup loved Krazy and would throw Ignatz in jail to protect Pup's beloved). Many of the strips presented have been out of print since their ... Read More
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Modern civilization stands but a nanoscrub away from the succulent konklusion of a monumental feat: the kompleat Krazy Kat sunday pages. Only one volume remains in this amazing series by the comic saints at Fantagraphics. Tapestries of surreal beauty, Krazy Kat Sundays are relics from a bygone era that burgeon with word and visual play unknown to 21st century kraniums. Today's komics pages have vaporised to a mere speck in komparison. "Ready the magnifiers! We're goin' in to read the comics!" In the days when ... Read More
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