Ignatz Mouse

Ignatz Mouse is the brick-hurling antagonist of George Herriman's classic comic strip Krazy Kat, which predates this 1924 reprint collection. A small, irascible mouse, he delights in beaning the lovesick Krazy Kat on the head with bricks.

Few comic characters can claim a century of cultural resonance, but Ignatz Mouse — debuting in the pages of Judge back in 1924 during the Platinum Age — is one of them, with a publishing presence stretching all the way to 2023. Born from the pen of Art Helfant and forever linked to the anarchic, poetic world of George Herriman's celebrated strip, Ignatz shares his pages with the likes of Krazy Kat and Offisa Bull Pupp, a trio whose dynamic became one of comics' most enduring and philosophically rich relationships. Collected lovingly in The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz alongside appearances in Comics Revue, this little mouse has earned two key-issue nods in collectors' circles — a testament to just how seriously the comics world takes this Platinum Age original. If you have any love for the deep roots of the medium, Ignatz Mouse is essential company.