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Krazy Kat & Little Nemo

gavin

22:39 / 28.07.01

I desperately love these two classic strips. ALthough stylistically they are worlds apart they do share a proto-psychedelic feel that I really get off on. Does anyone have any suggested further reading?
Also, I does anyone have any good bibliographies of Herriman's stuff?
Windsor McKay had a good job done on his oeuvre by Titan a few years back, and I don't know if anyone has offered Krazy the same attention in recent years

klint

What a strange yet wonderful comic!

I use to tell those who like Krazy Kat and Peanuts to read Mutts.

grant

15:30 / 31.07.01

The Kin-Der-Kids.

Primal turn of the century psychedelia.
You'd think it was a San Francisco 1967 album cover, but it wasn't.

Ria

17:51 / 31.07.01

that psychdedlic movement did take heavy inspiration from that time period. in terms of graphics. but yes... Winsor McKay did some startling distortions of space in some of the "Little Nemo"'s. fabulous stuff. and, like, the colors.

Murray Hamhandler

18:15 / 06.04.02

Fantagraphics is reprinting Krazy Kat, beginning w/a new volume out this week.
Arthur Sudnam, II

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

14:13 / 07.04.02

In the newest book, Fantagraphics says that they will print all of the Sunday strips from 1925 onward, then go back and reprint the earlier ones previously printed by Eclipse.

They will the reprint all of the dialy strips.

I wish them a lot of luck, as I don't see sales for this to comic shops doing very well. My Fanboy local only ordered copies for people who pre-ordered it, and didn't even consider one for the shelf. Hopefully these books will also show up in libraries.

My big questions are:

Will someone start up the L'il Abner reprints picking up where Kitchen Sink left off?

And when will someone start a decent reprint project of Pogo?

sleazenation

19:03 / 07.04.02

Solitaire rose highlights one of the problems of comic shop retailing mentality; focusing on a specific genre to the exclusion of all others. This is I believe one of the symptoms of the direct market, with its lack of sale or return policy, is such a poor prospect for businessmen seeking to make money that no-one who is not already a died in the wool comic fan is ever going to open a comicshop...

Murray Hamhandler

15:11 / 08.04.02

Another concern: Is LPC the retail distributor for Fantagraphics, as well? I haven't heard them bandied about as one of the companies in trouble, but if they are, that might also potentially limit the audience for the Krazy Kat reprints.
But, yes, I know what you guys are saying. I don't think I've ever been to a comic shop that had a section specifically set aside for comic strip collections. Maybe because they're readily available in most mainstream bookstores? I would imagine that they might not be high sellers in a comics environment.
Arthur Sudnam, II

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