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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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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Works on Paper
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Indians, Native Americans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
Awards/Recognition
- •Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •Hearst Publications Artist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean