The Kat
Who Walked in Beauty:
The
Panoramic Dailies of 1920
By George Herriman
Edited by Derya Ataker
144-page, black-and-white, 11" x 15" hardcover • $29.95; more in Canada
ISBN: 978-1-56097-854-1
Fantagraphics
sez:
"This season, we
offer a unique, stand-alone companion to our Krazy & Ignatz series. The Kat Who Walked In Beauty
collects many rare and unique dailies from the 1910s and 1920s. Though
many readers are aware of He rriman's dynamic Sunday pages, few
know that during 1920, in what must have been an editorially
unrestrictive period for Herriman, he drew some of the most graphic and
brilliantly conceived daily strips ever created; they look like
"mini-Sunday" strips. This nine-month stretch of dailies,
never-before-reprinted, is among the treasures included in this
collection. The collection includes many other Herriman gems, including
the very first stand-alone Krazy & Ignatz strips from 1911, and the
illustrations from Herriman"s Krazy Kat Jazz pantomime/ballet,
performed to captivated New York audiences in 1922. This book fills in
several gaps in the daily strip history, reproduced at close to their
original size."
A big,
beautifully designed book that no true kat fan can live without.
You really have to see this one to fully appreciate it. Surely,
one of the finest collection of dailies yet produced.
And should you
not already be a convert to the way of the Kat, then make your way to Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of
George Herriman, with all due haste.
retail price - $29.95
copacetic
price
- $25.00
prices and
availability
current as of 10 July 2008