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George Herriman Krazy Kat Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 8-11-35 (King Features Syndicate, 1935)
Auction: 05/08/2026 - 5/10/2026
Lot: 92083
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George Joseph Herriman AUCTION RECORDS
1880 New Orleans, Louisiana - 1944 Hollywood, California. Known for: Cartoonist, illustration, genre painting.
Comics fans, comics historians, and mainstream art critics revere George Herriman today. He was never an especially popular cartoonist during his own lifetime. He created the incomparable Krazy Kat... Read full biography
Comics fans, comics historians, and mainstream art critics revere George Herriman today. He was never an especially popular cartoonist during his own lifetime. He created the incomparable Krazy Kat in the early 1920s, drew a dozen or more other strips, and illustrated the Archy and Mehitabel books.... Read full biography
Comics fans, comics historians, and mainstream art critics revere George Herriman today. He was never an especially popular cartoonist during his own lifetime. He created the incomparable Krazy Kat in the early 1920s, drew a dozen or more other strips, and illustrated the Archy and Mehitabel books. The Gumps appeared in nearly 300 papers, Bringing Up Father had 500, and Blondie exceeded 1,000 during the years that Krazy Kat appeared. The Kat and mouse opus, however, had only 48 papers in this... Read full biography
Comics fans, comics historians, and mainstream art critics revere George Herriman today. He was never an especially popular cartoonist during his own lifetime. He created the incomparable Krazy Kat in the early 1920s, drew a dozen or more other strips, and illustrated the Archy and Mehitabel books. The Gumps appeared in nearly 300 papers, Bringing Up Father had 500, and Blondie exceeded 1,000 during the years that Krazy Kat appeared. The Kat and mouse opus, however, had only 48 papers in this country. It remained in print because William Randolph Hearst was a fan and decreed the strip would run in his papers as long as Herriman wanted to draw it. George Joseph Herriman was born in New Orleans. Throughout his life, he gave conflicting... Read full biography
Comics fans, comics historians, and mainstream art critics revere George Herriman today. He was never an especially popular cartoonist during his own lifetime. He created the incomparable Krazy Kat in the early 1920s, drew a dozen or more other strips, and illustrated the Archy and Mehitabel books. The Gumps appeared in nearly 300 papers, Bringing Up Father had 500, and Blondie exceeded 1,000 during the years that Krazy Kat appeared. The Kat and mouse opus, however, had only 48 papers in this country. It remained in print because William Randolph Hearst was a fan and decreed the strip would run in his papers as long as Herriman wanted to draw it. George Joseph Herriman was born in New Orleans. Throughout his life, he gave conflicting stories about his parents and ethnic background, but never mentioned that his birth c... Read full biography
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George Joseph Herriman 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeGeorge Herriman Krazy Kat Sunday Comic Strip Original Art 10-16-1938 (King Features Syndicate, 1938)
George Joseph Herriman Auction: 03/10/2023 - 3/12/2023Lot: 51090Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeHand Colored Krazy Kat Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 6-25-22
George Joseph Herriman Auction: 05/16/2013 - 5/17/2013Lot: 92176Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeKrazy Kat Hand Colored, Full-Page Saturday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 2-25-22 (King Features Syndicate, 1922).
George Joseph Herriman Auction: 11/16/2006 - 11/18/2006Lot: 45257Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAnd Colored Krazy Kat Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 6-25-22
George Joseph Herriman Auction: 08/11/2011 - 8/13/2011Lot: 92119Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeGeorge Herriman Krazy Kat Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 3-25-17 (King Features Syndicate, 1917)
George Joseph Herriman Auction: 11/15/2018 - 11/17/2018Lot: 91012Subscribe or get free alerts
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