George Herriman

George Joseph Herriman (born the August 22nd 1880 with La Nouvelle-Orléans - died the April 25th 1944) was an American author of Cartoon , creator of Krazy Kat .

Biography

George Herriman was born parents “Mulâtre S” (according to the American Recensement of 1880) in a family Créole from New-Orleans. At ten years, it follows his parents to Los Angeles, as made it the easy Creoles fleeing then the Lois Jim Crow of Louisiana. Later, his/her colleagues believe it of Greek origin , which he does not deny. According to his close friends, it wore a hat permanently in order to dissimulate its curly hair. Its death certificate defines it as “Caucasian”.

At seventeen years, Herriman begins with the Los Angeles Herald as illustrator and engraver. The following years, it accumulates food work: illustrations, gags, and some first Comic strip S ( Major Ozone , Musical Mose , Acrobatic archie , Professer Otto and his Auto , Two Jolly Jackies , etc) whose quality does not exceed those of the other average productions of the time.

Goosebury Sprig , in 1909, announces the creativity and the direction of the tinted humor of poetry which will return celebrates Herriman. The following year, it begins The Dingbat Family . The July 26th 1910, in a strip of bottom of page accompanying this series, Herriman reveals the precursors of Krazy and Ignatz. In 1913, the author gives their independence to the cat and the mouse by creating Krazy Kat and Ignatz , quickly famous in Krazy Kat . Herriman continues The Dingbat Family until 1916 and draws of 1916 to 1919 Baron Bean . In the Twenties, it illustrates the collections of the Archy and mehitabel of Don Marquis. It is not that in 1932 qu ' it is devoted exclusively to its series-headlight.

Krazy Kat makes it famous. As of the Twenties, the strip is very popular: one draws some from the derivative products (including one Ballet Jazz in 1925), criticism acclaims it. With time, this popularity blunts, the time becoming less sensitive to these non-sensic stories. However, Krazy Kat guard of the unconditional admirors among the esthètes, like criticizes it Gilbert Seldes, the poet E.E. Cummings or William Randolph Hearst, her editor, who supports Herriman until his death. After this one, contrary to the tradition, the series is taken again by no author, Hearst estimating that nobody could replace his creator.

Works published in French

Krazy Kat , Futuropolis, 3 volumes.

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