KRAZY & IGNATZ Complete Full Page Comic Strips 1927-1928 Love Letters in Ancient Brick

This is the second reprint of strips from the prime of George Herriman's career, most of which have not seen print since originally running in newspapers 75 years ago. Each volume is edited by the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum's Bill Blackbeard, the world's foremost authority on early 20th Century American comic strips, and designed by Chris Ware, who may well go down as the best cartoonist of the 21st Century. 104 full-page black-and-white Sunday strips from 1927 and 1928 also includes introductions by Bill Blackbeard, and vaudeville historian Ben Schwartz.  Krazy Kat is a love story, focusing on the relationships of its three main characters. Krazy Kat adored Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz Mouse just tolerated Krazy Kat, except for recurrent onsets of targeting tumescence, which found expression in the fast delivery of bricks to Krazy's cranium. Offisa Pup loved Krazy and sought to protect her by throwing Ignatz in jail. Each of the characters was ignorant of the others' true motivations, and this simple structure allowed Herriman to build entire worlds of meaning into the actions, building thematic depth and sweeping his readers up by the looping verbal rhythms of Krazy & Co.'s unique dialogue. Out of Print. Condition: Fine.