“The daily Krazy Kat strips are often Herriman’s most personal works. These 1934 strips show Krazy Kat at top speed, everchanging, endlessly inventive.” —from the Introduction by Michael Tisserand
LOAC ESSENTIALS is an important series that reprints, in yearly volumes, the rare daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, seminal strips that are unique creations in their own right, while also significantly contributing to the advancement of the medium.
A COMPLETE YEAR OF COMICS reproduced one per page, allowing us to have an experience similar to what newspaper buyers had many decades ago— reading the comics one day at a time. USA $29.99/Different in Canada
“Much attention has been paid to George Herriman’s big-canvas weekly Sunday comics…yet it is in the daily Krazy Kat strips that Herriman most frankly illustrates many of his major themes, especially the shifting nature of social identity.
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1934 T H E L I B R A RY O F AMERICAN COMICS
PRESENTS KING FEATURES ESSENTIALS VOLUME 1: KRAZY KAT BY
George Herriman
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS ESSENTIALS VOLUME 8 EDITED AND DESIGNED BY Dean Mullaney ASSOCIATE EDITOR Bruce Canwell ART DIRECTOR Lorraine Turner ART RESTORATION
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ISBN: 978-1-63140-408-5 First Printing, April 2016 Copyright © 2016 King Features Syndicate. TM Hearst Holdings, Inc. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of The Library of American Comics LLC. All rights reserved. Introduction © 2016 Michael Tisserand. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Korea.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1933
An Ill Wind
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1933
Silent Partner
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933
Rock of Ages
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1933
Minstrel Mitts
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1933
A Square Peg
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