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If ever a comic strip was Art, Krazy Kat was its best candidate for that honor. An undefinable amalgam of drama, humor, poetry line, tone and color, the cartoon feature was created by GEORGE HERRIMAN (1880-1944) published from 1916 to 1944. Its plot line was a skewed triangle: the central Krazy Kat of ambiguous gender, in love with Ignatz mouse, who did not return the compliment but retaliated ...

George Herriman (1880 - 1944) Although every biography I've encountered was careful never to actually say that George Joseph Herriman, the creator of the classic comic strip Krazy Kat, was of African descent--- all were specific about his origins being Louisiana. A few admit that his parents were Creole (the debate rages on as to exactly what that is supposed to mean.) Another biography states ...