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Krazy Kat

Krazy Kat

57 appearances Β· Platinum Age Β· 1924–2024 Β· 3 key issues
Who is Krazy Kat?

Krazy Kat is the lovably innocent, gender-fluid feline star of George Herriman's celebrated comic strip, dreamily wandering Coconino County and blissfully misreading Ignatz Mouse's brick-throwing as tokens of affection.

Few characters in the history of the printed page carry quite the mythic weight of Krazy Kat, whose catalog journey stretches a remarkable century from a 1924 Platinum Age debut all the way to 2024 β€” a testament to enduring fascination with this singular, beloved figure. Sharing pages with the likes of Ignatz Mouse, Offisa Bull Pupp, and even the occasional crossover company of Popeye and Batman himself, Krazy Kat moves through comics history as a genuine institution, with three key-issue appearances that collectors prize. Most at home in Judge, The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz, and Comics Revue, this is a character whose presence spans eras and formats in a way almost no other can claim. If you're serious about the deep roots of the art form, Krazy Kat is essential.

Judge
#2235
β˜… First appearance
Judge #2235
Aug 1924

Trivia

  • Krazy Kat earned serious critical and cultural recognition as genuine art decades before such treatment of newspaper comics became anything close to the norm.en.wikipedia.org
  • Krazy's gender was never pinned down within the strip itself, shifting fluidly from installment to installment and leaving the question deliberately, fascinatingly unresolved.en.wikipedia.org

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1956–2019

Mad #30 β˜… 1956
Mad #30
Comics #[nn] 1973
Comics #[nn]
Skippy and Percy Crosby: The Life and Times of a Great American Cartoonist #[nn] 1978
Skippy and Percy Crosby: The Life and Times of a Great American Cartoonist #[nn]
Aargh! #[nn] 1988
Aargh! #[nn]
Krazy & Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Comics #2 1989
Krazy & Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Comics #2
Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s #[nn] 1997
Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s #[nn]
The Comics Before 1945 #[nn] 2004
The Comics Before 1945 #[nn]
We Told You So: Comics as Art #[nn] 2016
We Told You So: Comics as Art #[nn]
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz #1 2019
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz #1

Appearances

The Saturday Evening Post (1897)
#17
Ace Comics (1937)
#1
Cartoon Cavalcade (1943)
Four Color (1942)
Mad (1952)
#30
P. S. (1966)
#1
Cavalcade of Old Time Comic Strips (1967)
#1
The American Legion (1926)
#6
Comics (1973)
The Menomonee Falls Guardian (1973)
The Menomonee Falls Gazette (1971)
Nostalgia Comics (1970)
#5
Skippy and Percy Crosby: The Life and Times of a Great American Cartoonist (1978)
The Comics Journal (1977)
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (1971)
#7
Nemo: The Classic Comics Library (1983)
Comics Buyer's Guide (1983)
Acme Comics (1982)
#8
Krazy & Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Comics (1988)
Aargh! (1988)
Total Eclipse: The Seraphim Objective (1988)
#1
Airboy (1986)
#45
The Adventures of the Incredible Librarian (1990)
Buzz (1990)
#1
normalman - Megaton Man Special (1994)
#1
Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s (1997)
The Comics: Since 1945 (2002)
The Comics Before 1945 (2004)
The Kat Who Walked in Beauty: The Panoramic Dailies of 1920 (2007)
The Complete normalman (2007)
#1
The Comics: The Complete Collection (2008)
Sam's Strip: The Comic About Comics (2009)
Comics Revue (1985)
The Comic Book History of Comics (2016)
#1
We Told You So: Comics as Art (2016)
Splitting Image 80-page Giant (2017)
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz (2019)
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Follies (2022)
#5
normalman Fortieth Anniversary Omnibus (2024)