Krazy : George Herriman, a life in black and white / Michael Tisserand.

In the tradition of Schulz and Peanuts, an epic and revelatory biography of Krazy Kat creator George Herriman that explores the turbulent time and place from which he emerged and the deep secret he explored through his art. "The creator of the greatest comic strip in history finally gets his due--in...

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Main Author: Tisserand, Michael, 1963- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Herriman, George, > 1880-1944.
Krazy Kat > (Fictitious character)
Cartoonists > United States > Biography.
African American cartoonists > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
African American cartoonists.
Cartoonists.
Krazy Kat (Fictitious character)
United States.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:viii, 545 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
George Herriman, a life in black and white
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I : Watta woil. Ancestors ; Losing boundaries ; As the office boy saw it
  • Part II : The Greek. Origin of a new species ; Impussanations ; Bubblespiker ; Tad ; Hobo Corner ; Kid Herriman ; Proones, Mooch, and Gooseberry Sprig ; Transformation glasses
  • Part III : Coconino. Revolutionaries and Dingbats ; Kat descending a staircase ; The Kat and the Tramp ; A genius of the comic page ; Fantastic little monster ; Mist ; The lot of fun
  • Part IV : Maravilla. Inferiority complexion ; Outpost ; Tiger tea ; Pool of purple shadow ; A zephyr from the west.