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George Herriman

AKA: Geo. Herriman
Birthday: 1880-08-22
Died: 1944-04-26
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA


George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among those in the arts. Gilbert Seldes' article "The Krazy Kat Who Walks by Himself" was the earliest example of a critic from the high arts giving serious attention to a comic strip. The Comics Journal placed the strip first on its list of the greatest comics of the 20th century. Herriman's work has been a primary influence on cartoonists such as Elzie C. Segar, Will Eisner, Charles M. Schulz, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Bill Watterson, and Chris Ware. Herriman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to mixed-race Creole parents, and grew up in Los Angeles. After he graduated from high school in 1897, he worked in the newspaper industry as an illustrator and engraver. He moved on to cartooning and comic strips—a medium then in its infancy—and drew a variety of strips until he introduced his most famous character, Krazy Kat, in his strip The Dingbat Family in 1910. A Krazy Kat daily strip began in 1913, and from 1916 the strip also appeared on Sundays. It was noted for its poetic, dialect-heavy dialogue; its fantastic, shifting backgrounds; and its bold, experimental page layouts. In the strip's main motif and dynamic, Ignatz Mouse pelted Krazy with bricks, which the naïve, androgynous Kat interpreted as symbols of love. As the strip progressed, a love triangle developed between Krazy, Ignatz, and Offisa Pupp. Pupp made it his mission to prevent Ignatz from throwing bricks at Krazy, or to jail him for having done so, but his efforts were perpetually impeded because Krazy wished to be struck by Ignatz's bricks. Herriman lived most of his life in Los Angeles, but made frequent trips to the Navajo deserts in the Southwestern United States. He was drawn to the landscapes of Monument Valley and the Enchanted Mesa, and made Coconino County the location of his Krazy Kat strips. His artwork made much use of Navajo and Mexican themes and motifs against shifting desert backgrounds. He was a prolific cartoonist who produced a large number of strips and illustrated Don Marquis's books of poetry about Archy and Mehitabel, an alley cat and a cockroach. Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst was a proponent of Herriman and gave him a lifetime contract with King Features Syndicate, which guaranteed Herriman a comfortable living and an outlet for his work despite its lack of popularity. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Herriman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

How to Handle Women
Character: Himself
The New Champ
Job: Story
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing
Job: Characters

The Mouse Exterminator
Job: Characters

Farm Relief
Job: Creator
Svengarlic
Job: Creator
Kannibal Kapers
Job: Creator

Rodeo Dough
Job: Comic Book
Slow Beau
Job: Creator
Jazz Rhythm
Job: Creator

Soda Poppa
Job: Creator
The Restless Sax
Job: Creator
The Medicine Show
Job: Creator

Antique Antics
Job: Creator
A Duet
Job: Writer
Krazy Spooks
Job: Comic Book

The Merry Cafe
Job: Writer
Krazy Kat, Bugologist
Job: Graphic Novel Illustrator
A Duet
Job: Director

Stage Krazy
Job: Characters
House Cleaning
Job: Characters

Bunnies And Bonnets
Job: Characters
The Trapeze Artist
Job: Characters
Masquerade Party
Job: Characters

Busy Bus
Job: Characters
Wooden Shoes
Job: Characters
Wedding Bells
Job: Characters

Snow Time
Job: Characters
Paper Hanger
Job: Characters
Hic-Cups The Champ
Job: Characters

Ritzy Hotel
Job: Characters
Soldier Old Man
Job: Characters
Cinder Alley
Job: Characters

Tom Thumb
Job: Characters
The Curio Shop
Job: Characters
The King's Jester
Job: Characters

Goofy Gondolas
Job: Characters
Golf Chumps
Job: Characters
Hot Dogs On Ice
Job: Characters

Gym Jams
Job: Characters
Krazy's Travel Squawks
Job: Characters
Krazy Magic
Job: Characters

Little Buckaroo
Job: Characters
Sad Little Guinea Pigs
Job: Characters
The Masque Raid
Job: Characters

Krazy's Race of Time
Job: Characters
The Lyin' Hunter
Job: Characters
Krazy's Newsreel
Job: Characters

Highway Snobbery
Job: Characters
An Old Flame
Job: Writer

Desert Sunk
Job: Writer
Spookeasy
Job: Writer
Light House Keeping
Job: Writer

A Grid-Iron Hero
Job: Writer
Krazy Kat Demi-Tasse
Job: Director

How I Became Krazy
Job: Writer
Auto Suggestion
Job: Writer
A Fur Peace
Job: Writer

Ratskin
Job: Writer