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Krazy Kat Sunday 6/17/34

Artist: George Herriman (All)

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Title:	Krazy Kat Sunday 6/17/34
Artist:	George Herriman (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	390
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	11
Added to Site:	2/21/2023
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Description

Displayed here is the obsessive love triangle for which the strip is well known. Offissa Pupp cares for Krazy Kat but Krazy loves the mouse instead. The love is unrequited as Ignatz hates the feline using every opportunity to pelt the "Kat" with bricks.

This is the final year the sunday strip appeared in the smaller panel black and white format. The sundays' themselves took a hiatus as no more are known to have been published after August 1934. Starting in 1935, they returned in color of which Herriman made bold use. He reduced the amount of hatchwork and used larger, more open panels.

Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst was a huge fan and when the strip debuted in 1913 he gave Herriman a lifetime contract with King Features SYN. This guaranteed the artist a comfortable living and an outlet for his work despite its lack of popularity at the time.

Today, George Herriman's status as a pioneer is unquestioned and Krazy Kat is often listed as one of the greatest comics of the 20th century. Herriman's work has been a primary influence on cartoonists such as E.C. Segar, Will Eisner, Charles Schultz, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Bill Watterson, and Chris Ware.

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	Hans Kosenkranius Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	October 2004
Last Login:	January 2026
Ebay Id:	scornedwoman
Website:	http://tri-stateoriginalart.com/
Country:	UNITED STATES
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GAB R
Member Since 2007

Posted on 2/21/2023

Always a big pleasure to watch at a KK sunday and this is a fantastic example, flying brick included.

Amir E
Member Since 2020

Posted on 2/21/2023

Love this! Thanks for sharing!

T J
Member Since 2015

Posted on 2/21/2023

Wonderful example of the brilliant mind and pen of Herriman

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 2/22/2023

Fabulous! Love triangle is right, but I always interpreted Ignatz's brick slinging as a form of consumation of his affection for KK, but I cleave to your view that the Kat doesn't love the lawdog. Much to ponder in Herriman's Sundays

Monty B
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/22/2023

Absolutely wonderful Sunday!!!

DC's Showcase
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/22/2023

From Kirby Krackle to Krazy Kat? You are a complicated man, Mr. Kosenkranius :). Big congrats, this is amazing.

glen gold
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/22/2023

This is a great one, Hans! Every time Herriman does something involving film, I wonder if there are Hollywood in-jokes sprinkled through it. Kin-Chee Kitchen?

Mark Levy
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/22/2023

Appreciate the commentary - I get this one!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 3/3/2023

And proud you should be. This is a fabulous KK.

J L
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/3/2023

Really good one Hans. Congrats!!!!

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/14/2023

Really great Sunday with a flying brick and movie making.

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