{"id":9054,"date":"2021-01-09T02:53:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T06:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsthecat.com\/blog\/?p=9054"},"modified":"2022-02-25T01:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T05:46:27","slug":"george-herriman-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsthecat.com\/blog\/george-herriman-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"George Herriman Returns!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>George Herriman is back at the drawing board, these are some of his last comic strips. The dates are 3-20-1944 to 4-15-1944. The writing harks back to the original Krazy Kat dailies from 1913, not only gag-a-day, but vaudeville style gags, delivered from the Coconino County stage. <\/a><\/p>\r\n

Notes on the strips: 3-31-1944: This works as a two-way pun, “sole” and “soul”.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

4-1-1944: A World War Two gag: The OPA was the Office of Price Administration which controlled the prices on commodities, here they are rationing bricks, and Offissa Pupp confiscates Ignatz’s masonry. <\/a><\/p>\r\n

4-6-44: Garge creates some new characters “Pitter” and “Patter” who really aren’t “twims”, but their feet make sounds like raindrops. They seem to be a small coyote and a cat. <\/a><\/p>\r\n

4-7-1944: Garge once again uses Spanish words and phrases for Coconino atmosphere, here a little Spanish dog says: “Poco a Poco, se anda lejos”. <\/a><\/p>\r\n

4-8-44: A tribute to Ignatz’s collosal ego: He is certain that the stars look down on Earth because in his words: “I’m here”. Ignatz’s self assurance and quick hand with the brick are the qualities that attract Krazy Kat. <\/a><\/p>\r\n

4-12 and 4-13-1944: A two day continuity gag as Krazy and Ignatz explore the concept; “A watched pot never boils”. In the last panel of the 4-13, Ignatz is just starting to reach for his brick, by this time he’s thrown his brick at Krazy’s “bean” so often that we don;t need to see him do it. Garge rarely shows brick tossing in the final years of the strip. <\/a><\/p>\r\n

4-15-1944: Garge loved Scottish terriers, and kept a couple of them at his home on Maravilla St. Here, all the regular characters are replaced by one of the Scotties and a new character, “Weenie the worm”. They do a gag elaborating on the old saying, “The early bird gets the worm”.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

That’s the notes for this time, my faithful readers. I shall return soon with another month’s worth of 1944 George Herriman. Happy New Year, and I hope your quarantined Christmases were warm and bright. <\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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