George Herriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays 1909 - 1944

Includes an uncut set of 12 postcards.

Highly Recommended.

Edited by Patrick McDonnell & Peter Maresca. Sunday Press, July 2010. The further in years (and now a century!) that we get away from the early newspaper comics, the more they look like fine art prints. Like Hiroshige with his woodblocks, and Toulouse-Lautrec with his lithographs, these early cartoonists were masters of their craft. In this Krazy Kat collection we can truly see the beauty of Herriman's penline, the mastery of his drawing, the powerful impact of his design, and his brave use of colour.

The Sunday comic page is where the daily strip artist gets to play. Herriman used this additional space as a place to improvise and explore. The early Herriman Sundays are in black and white and are filled with intricate details, more elaborate penwork, and long, involved stories. In 1935, colour was introduced. In response, Herriman surprised us with art that became bolder, more sculptural, and with big open spaces. The blacks became heavier, the layouts more graphic, and the stories sparser (going from sonnets to haikus). Each decade of Krazy Kats has its own feeling and look, and is impressive in its own way. Collected here are, in my opinion, the best of the best.

A simply stunning collection printed at full size for the very first time since publication. A book all serious fans of comics and newspaper strips will love to have on their bookshelves. Krazy Kat, Ignatz Mouse and Officer Pupp, “pow” “zip” unrequited love and more brick hurling than you thought possible! 160 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 14" x 17" (356mm x 432mm) (ISBN-13: 9780976888581)

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Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips 1925-1934 [2nd Ed.]
George Herriman. Fantagraphics Books, 2008. This second limited edition printing of the deluxe hardcover (limited to 600 copies this time) compiles the first five Krazy Kat & Ignatz soft cover collections books we published, comprehensively collecting the years 1925 through 1934, under hard covers. It's not a slipcase; it's a single hardcover book. The covers to the original five softcover books are NOT included, but literally everything else is.

The years 1935-1944 are similarly being collected and, eventually, the softcover editions for the years prior to 1925 will also be reprinted as part of this series, after we publish everything through 1944, when the strip ended.

A beautiful, must-have brick of a book for the Ignatz in you (though lobbing it at any unrequited love interests WILL cause serious physical harm — be warned).” 600 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (235mm x 315mm) ISBN: 1560975229

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Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips 1935-1944 (2nd Ed.)
George Herriman. Fantagraphics Books, 2008. The second limited-edition deluxe Krazy Kat hardcover (it's Volume 3, but the second to be published; Volume 1 is still forthcoming) collects the second batch of five Krazy & Ignatz soft cover books Fantagraphics have published, comprehensively compiling the years 1935 through 1944 under hard covers. It's not a slipcase; it's a single hardcover book. The covers to the original five soft cover books are NOT included, but literally everything else is. And yes, the publisher is similarly collecting the years 1916-1924 as those soft cover volumes are completed.

A beautiful, must-have brick of a book for the Ignatz in you (though lobbing it at any unrequited love interests WILL cause serious physical harm — be warned). 600 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (235mm x 315mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978411)

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Krazy + Ignatz in “Tiger Tea”
George Herriman. Yoe Books! / IDW, 2010. Krazy Kat's most surreal adventures were the famed "Tiger Tea" sequence where Krazy Kat imbibed a psychedelia-inducing substance. This is George Herriman at his best in the only full-length Krazy Kat adventure story of his career presented in the same era as Terry and the Pirates and Captain Easy.

Krazy & Ignatz in Tiger Tea showcases a rare photo of Herriman sporting a Mexican sombrero and smoking a funny looking cigarette, a perfect addition to this fun, classic trip down memory lane. 122 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 8" x 8" (210mm x 210mm) (ISBN-13: 9781600106453)

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Krazy and Ignatz 1916 – 1918 Love in a Kestle or Love in a Hut
George Herriman. Fantagraphics Books, 2010. When Fantagraphics launched our collection of Krazy Kat Sunday strips back in 2002, we picked up with the 10th and 11th years of the legendary strip (1925-1926) because another publisher had already collected the first nine during the 1980s and 1990s. But now, with that publisher long gone and Krazy Kat collections fetching record prices (some over $100!) among collectors, it's time to go back and get every one of these comic-strip masterpieces back into print — re-scanned and re-retouched from original tearsheets, using 21st century digital resources.

Fantagraphics will be collecting these first nine years of Sundays into three volumes comprising three years apiece, starting with the very first Sundays from 1916 through 1918, and incorporating all the original articles and special features from the first edition, including rare art, series editor Bill Blackbeard's definitive historical overview “The Kat's Kreation,” and updated and expanded “DeBaffler” endnotes explaining some of the arcana behind the strip's jokes.

Krazy Kat, with its eternally beguiling love triangle of kat/dog/mouse, its fantastically inventive language, and its haunting, minimalist desert décor, has consistently been rated (literally) the best comic strip ever created, and Fantagraphics' award-winning series one of the best classic comic-strip reprint series ever published. Krazy and Ignatz 1916-1918, the 11th of a projected 13 volumes collecting the entirety of the Sundays, brings us within a brick's throw of finishing “The Komplete Kat Sundays” once and for all! 176 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781606993163)

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1927 - 1928
George Herriman, Bill Blackbeard (Editor). Fantagraphics Books, 2002. Created by George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard. This anthology collects together the full-page strips from 1927 to 1928. Using high quality reproductions, Herriman's anarchic creations, Krazy Kat & Ignatz are magically brought to life once more. The subtitle 'Love Letters In Ancient Brick' says it all. Includes annotations and Ignatz Mouse Debaffler pages from editor Bill Blackbeard. 120 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1560975075

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1929-1930: A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night
George Herriman, article by Ben Schwartz, edited by Bill Blackbeard. Fantagraphics Books, 2003. Presented here, is the third instalment of Krazy Kay, George Herriman's essential, lunatic cartoon strip, about a cat, a mouse, Officer Pup & a brick. This volume presents all the Sunday strips between 1929 & 1930. Included are previously unseen premieres, dating back to 1909. There are several other fascinating curios for the Herriman collector, too. The design is by renowned Jimmy Corrigan author, Chris Ware & includes the 2nd instalment of Gilbert Seldes article on Krazy Kat. A classic reprinting of one of the finest American newspaper strips, recommended. 112 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1560975296

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1933-1934: Necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush
George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard & Derya Ataker. Fantagraphics Books, 2004. Designed by Chris Ware, introduction by Bill Blackbeard. The latest instalment of George Herriman's essential, lunatic cartoon strip, Krazy Kat is presented here. This volume supplies all the Sunday strips between 1933 & 1934. Included are previously unseen premieres, dating back to 1919, including a 10-page Herriman romance strip. There are several other fascinating curios for the Herriman collector, too. A classic reprinting of one of the finest American newspaper strips. 112 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1560975946 Recommended.

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1935-1936: A Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy
Created, written & illustrated by George Herriman, edited with introduction by Bill Blackbeard, designed by Chris Ware. Fantagraphics Books, 2004. Presented here the sixth instalment of George Herriman's essential, lunatic cartoon strip, Krazy Kat. This volume presents all the Sunday strips between 1935 & 1936 & as a special treat for the Herriman collector, the majority of illustrations are in full-colour too. There are several other fascinating curios for the Herriman collector, too, including unseen rarities, plus photograph of the artist at his drawing board. There is also a feature length article, The Kolors Of Krazy Kat by Jeet Heer & a Kat Library In Progress loose insert. The design is by renowned Jimmy Corrigan author, Chris Ware. This is definitive reprinting of one of the finest American newspaper strips. 128 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1560975946 Highly Recommended.

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1937-1938 (Shifting Sands Dusts its Cheeks…)
Created, written & illustrated by George Herriman, edited with introduction by Bill Blackbeard, designed by Chris Ware. Fantagraphics Books, 2006. Presented here is the seventh instalment of George Herriman's essential, lunatic cartoon strip, Krazy Kat & his friend, Ignatz mouse. This volume presents all the Sunday strips between 1937 & 1938 in full colour throughout. There are other fascinating rarities for the Herriman collector. The design is by renowned Jimmy Corrigan author Chris Ware. This is definitive reprinting of one of the finest American newspaper strips. 120 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) ISBN: 1560977345 Highly Recommended.

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1939-1940 (“A Brick Stuffed with Moom-Bims”)
George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard. Fantagraphics, 2007. This volume comes with an introduction by Jeet Heer who investigates the influence of Cliff Sterrett's Polly and her Pals on Herriman's use of colour in these Sunday pages. The eighth volume in this wonderful project to bring all the full page strips back into print.

Publisher's weekly described Krazy Kat as a joyous, life-enhancing reading experience and stated “Krazy Kat remains as good a comic as there ever was”, something I can't do anything other than whole heartedly endorse. A wonderful project fully deserving of your support. 120 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560977896)

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1941-1942 (A Ragout of Raspberries)
George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard. Fantagraphics, 2007. George Herriman integrated full, spectacular colour into Krazy Kat in June, 1935. The gorgeous evolution continues in our fourth colour volume, which includes the Sunday strips from all of 1941 and 1942. The colour format opens the floodgates for a massive amount of spectacular, rare colour art from series editor Bill Blackbeard and designer Chris Ware's files. Most of these strips in this volume have not seen print since originally running in Hearst newspapers over 60 years ago.

For this volume, critic Jeet Heer contributes an essay about the history and precedents of Herriman's unique use of language, exploring his characters' loquacious lexicography. 120 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (229mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978879)

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Krazy and Ignatz: The Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1943-1944
George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard. Fantagraphics Books, 2008. Krazy and Ignatz 1943-1944: "He Nods in Quiescent Siesta" covers the last two years of Herriman's masterpiece. With this volume, Fantagraphics and its precursor Eclipse have reprinted the entire 29-year run of the Krazy Kat Sundays! Like Charles Schulz, George Herriman was a cartoonist to the very end.

Aside from collecting the last masterful year and a half of Krazy Kat, this new volume offers a retrospective look at Herriman's life at the drawing table, offering many never before seen samples of his original art (which the cartoonist often lovingly hand-coloured for friends).

Gathered from many scattered collections, these pages testify to Herriman's inveterate passion for drawing. Rounding out the volume are scores of Krazy Kat daily strips also from Herriman's last years, further testament to the cartoonists vitality. Series editor and veteran comic's historian, Bill Blackbeard, also provides a concluding, wide-ranging essay on the life and art of Herriman.

More than a simple reprint collection, Krazy and Ignatz 1943-1944 portrays the full range of a cartoonist who remained an artist all his life. 94 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour 9" x 12" (232mm x 305mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560979326)

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Krazy Kat The Comic Art of George Herriman
Patrick McDonnell. Abrams, 1999. Out of Print. This is the most comprehensive book on Herriman's cartoon masterpiece and the first major biographical work on the artist himself. Available again after a couple of years this book was one of our best sellers before it went out of print. Over 150 comic strips are reproduced, the vast majority taken from the original artwork. 48 Krazy Kat Sundays in full colour are reproduced, some of them hand coloured by the artist himself. In addition there are numerous never before published drawings, archival photographs and personal letters. 224 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 11" (23cm x 28cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 0810981521

Our Price: £12.95 ($19.43) (€14,25)      

Krazy Kat The Comic Art of George Herriman
Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, Georgia Riley de Havenon. Abrams, 2004. This is the most comprehensive book on Herriman's cartoon masterpiece and the first major biographical work on the artist himself. Available again after a couple of years this book was one of our best sellers before it went out of print. Over 150 comic strips are reproduced, the vast majority taken from the original artwork. 48 Krazy Kat Sundays in full colour are reproduced, some of them hand coloured by the artist himself. In addition there are numerous never before published drawings, archival photographs and personal letters. 224 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour 9" x 11½" (229mm x 291mm) ISBN: 0810991853

Our Price: £11.95 ($17.93) (€13,15)      

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The Kat Who Walked In Beauty – The Panoramic Dailies of 1920
George Herriman, Edited by Derya Ataker. Fantagraphics Books, 2007. Presenting a unique, stand-alone companion to the Krazy Kat & Ignatz series, The Kat Who Walked In Beauty collects many rare and unique dailies from the 1910s and 1920s. Though many readers are aware of Herriman's dynamic Sunday pages, few know that during 1920, in what must have been an editorially unrestrictive period for Herriman, he drew some of the most graphic and brilliantly conceived daily strips ever created; they look like "mini-Sunday" strips. This nine-month stretch of dailies, never-before-reprinted, is among the treasures included in this collection.

This collection includes many other Herriman gems, including the very first stand-alone Krazy & Ignatz strips from 1911, and the illustrations from Herriman's Krazy Kat Jazz pantomime/ballet, performed to captivated New York audiences in 1922. This book fills in several gaps in the daily strip history, reproduced in large format, close to their original size. 114 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 15" x 11" (381mm x 279mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560978541)

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