The Katzenjammer Kids New Edition

The Katzenjammer Kids New Edition, launched in 1903 by the New York American and Journal, is a foundational comic strip by Rudolph Dirks that follows the anarchic adventures of Hans and Fritz. This single-issue edition preserves the mischievous spirit of the original, establishing the classic troublemaker archetype that would influence generations of comic strips. Dirks’s bold, expressive artwork and the kids’ relentless pranks make this a key artifact of early American newspaper comics.