Hi Joe,
Absolutely! As a "wee one" I used to enjoy Krazy Kat - the cartoon.
Eventually I learned there had been a comic strip ... so I took a brief
look at it and found it 'different' and 'interesting' ... but I was
probably too young to really 'get it'.
A while back I read where Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) said he was
very much influenced by the old George Herriman Krazy Kat strips ... and
by the days when a single Krazy Kat cartoon would fill an entire page in
the newspaper. {Whoa! Imagine giving Watterson an entire page to work
with today - instead of a measly couple of inches!}
So I HAD to check into that again. Wow! Simply Fabulous stuff!!
A few links (for folks not hip to Ignatz as "L'il Angel"):
http://www.gographics.com/funnies/kkarchive2.asp?Newdate=1
http://www.krazy.com/toc.htm
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/crocker/
http://retrograde.net/kat/
and one in color, (which is when they really shine as art!)
http://www.angelfire.com/id/tommyrokne/abrick.html
"Experimentation" certainly covers it! George went from (too many
words) http://www.iath.virginia.edu/crocker/170211.gif
To (no words at all) http://retrograde.net/kat/welcome.jpeg
Ron
(Who's occasionally thought about retiring to Coconino county!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Crawford [mailto:jcrawford at avencom.com]
Subject: [thechat] Krazy Kat (was -- some other thread)
I only have the one collection - but it's a real gas. A truly original
take. The experimentation is what really makes me smile - just -
/nonlinear/ you know?
