Krazy & Ignatz (Pacific Comics)

    (Pacific, 2003-2005)
™ and © Pacific Comics

Acclaimed as the greatest comic strip ever, George Herriman’s Krazy Kat was first seen as a side character in the quasi-daily Digbat Family (later known as The Family Upstairs) series begun June 20, 1910 in William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal. The family dog and cat were soon joined by a rock welding mouse in their own side stories within the frames of the main story.

With his mouse friend, Ignatz, the cat and mouse team moved to their own daily series in 1911. Within a decade, intellectuals and artists were looking forward to their daily Krazy fix. In 1922, Alden Carpenter wrote a full-length ballet based on the strip. In 1924, critic Gilbert Seldes in his The Seven Lively Arts hailed it as one of the greatest examples of American art.

Few collections of Krazy Kat have seen publications in recent decades. Thanks to Pacific Comics Club, these historical and still hilarious strips are being reprinted for modern readers to enjoy and treasure.

— Ron Black
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