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?