Hailed as the most creative comic strip of all time, Krazy Kat offers a witty, raucous, and poetic portrayal of a love triangle between a mouse, a cat, and a dog. This compilation presents choice strips from 1913 to 1924 of the long-running series, which appeared in newspapers until 1944. As entrancing today as when George Herriman wrote and drew them. - The New York Times. AUTHOR: George Herriman (1880 1944) started out in the newspaper industry as an illustrator and engraver. He began cartooning while the medium was in its infancy, and his fans included William Randolph Hearst, who gave Herriman a lifelong contract with King Features Syndicate. Krazy Kat’s fans ranged from Woodrow Wilson to Dr. Seuss, and Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz declared, I always thought if I could do something as good as Krazy Kat, I would be happy. Krazy Kat was always my goal.