Krazy Kat comic book catalogue

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Krazy Kat is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist George Herriman (1880-1944), who worked from 1913 to 1944. It appeared in the New York Evening Journal, owned by William Randolph Hearst, who was a great fan of the strip. More

The Krazy Kat characters were previously introduced in a companion strip to Herriman's earlier creation, The Dingbat Family (and later appearances in the Herriman comic strip Baron Bean). The expression "Krazy Kat" originated there, coined by the mouse Ignatz, who calls him that. Krazy Kat is set in a dreamlike depiction of Herriman's vacation trips to Coconino County, Arizona, and its blend of quirky surrealism, innocent playfulness, and poetic language has endeared the strip to comics enthusiasts and art critics for over 80 years.

The comic strip revolves around the peculiar relationship between a naive, carefree, simple cat named Krazy and a hot-tempered mouse named Ignatz Mouse. Krazy harbors an unrequited love for the mouse, but Ignatz is having none of it and constantly devises plans to throw rocks at Krazy's head. Krazy interprets this as a sign of affection and gratefully responds with exclamations like "Li'l dollink, allus f'etful" or "Li'l ainjil." A third main character, Officer Bull Pupp (Offissa Pupp), appears frequently and tries to "protect" Krazy by thwarting Ignatz's attempts and capturing him. Ultimately, Officer Pupp falls in love with Krazy Kat.

The fantastical Coconino County is filled with characters besides our three main characters. There's Joe Stork, "purveyor of offspring to both prince and proletariat," whose bundles can inspire both hope and fear. There's Bum Bill Bee, "he whom fate and destiny cannot control, who pays homage to the gods of the void, governed by the law of neither man, moon, sun, nor star, a good-for-nothing wandering the valley of temptation without maid, partner, or mistress." In other words, he's a "hobo." Bum Bill Bee's "honey" (alcohol) played a role in many a Prohibition-era joke. There's Kolin Kelly, brick salesman and the face of capitalism in Coconino, whose business model seems entirely based on catering to mean mice. And many other minor and major characters who would come and go over the years.

Krazy's gender is never made clear and seems to be fluid, varying from strip to strip. Most authors after Herriman (beginning with E.E. Cummings) have mistakenly referred to Krazy only as female, but Krazy's creator was very vague about this and even published several strips mocking this uncertainty. When filmmaker Frank Capra, a fan of the strip, asked Herriman to define the character's gender directly, the cartoonist conceded that Krazy was "something like a pixie or a fairy. They don't have a gender. So that Cat can't be a he or a she. The Cat is a spirit—a pixie—free to meddle in anything." Most characters in the strip use "he" and "him" to refer to Krazy. At one point, Ignatz asks Krazy, "What's your real name?" and Krazy says, "Wilhelmina..."

Public reaction at the time was mixed; many were surprised by the strip's idiosyncratic refusal to conform to comic book conventions and straightforward jokes, but publisher William Randolph Hearst loved Krazy Kat, and the strip continued to appear in his newspapers throughout its run, sometimes only at his direct command.
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Despite its relatively low popularity with the general public, Krazy Kat gained a wide following among intellectuals. In 1922, a jazz ballet based on the comic strip was produced and composed by John Alden Carpenter; although the performance played to sold-out audiences for two nights and received positive reviews in The New York Times and The New Republic, it failed to boost the comic strip's popularity as Hearst had hoped. Besides Seldes and Cummings, Krazy Kat's admirers included T.S. Eliot, Willem de Kooning, H.L. Mencken, P.G. Wodehouse, Jack Kerouac, Robert Benchley, Carl Sandburg, and the artist Paul Nash. In 1931, Nash wrote that "no country, within the limited confines of this medium, has produced a great philosopher like George Herriman."

Herriman's work has had a great influence on cartoonists such as Elzie C. Segar (Popeye), Will Eisner (The Spirit), Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts), Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman (Mouse), Walt Kelly (Pogo), Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), and Chris Ware.

Charles M. Schulz and Will Eisner both said they were drawn to cartooning in part because of the impact Krazy Kat had on them during their formative years.

Publications (Not complete)

Adventures of Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in Kokoland (Saalfield 1934)
Illustrated children's book

Krazy Kat (Henry Holt & Co. 1946): Introduction by EE Cummings. Hardcover B&W, 268 pages, compilation of daily and Sunday strips, concentrating on 1930–1944.

Krazy Kat: A Classic from the Golden Age of Comics (Grosset & Dunlap/Nostalgia Press/Madison Square Press 1969, 1975): 168 pages. An entirely different compilation of dailies and Sundays, with examples from the entire run of the strip—including 23 The Dingbat Family bottom strips. Reprints the ee cummings introduction from the Henry Holt volume. 8 pages in full color; some later editions have daily strips reproduced in blue ink.

George Herriman's Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Street Enterprises 1973) 32-page newsprint magazine reprinting 60 daily strips from July 3 – October 28, 1933. Inside cover inaccurately claims that they are from 1935.

Krazy Kat Komix , Nos. 1–5 (Real Free Press 1974–1976): Joost Swarte, ed. The 5-issue magazine also features other Herriman strips.

The Family Upstairs: Introducing Krazy Kat: The Complete Strip, 1910–1912 (Hyperion Press 1977, 1992): Introduction by Bill Blackbeard.

Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman (Harry N. Abrams 1986): Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, eds. Various comics in B&W and color, mostly from original art, including some watercolor paintings.

Coconino Chronicle (Morning Star Publications 1988): Alec Finlay, ed. 130 comics from 1927 to 1928.

Krazy and Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics (Eclipse Comics series 1988 - 1991): Bill Blackbeard, ed. Each of these volumes reprints a year of Sunday comics.
Vol 1: Krazy & Ignatz (1988): 1916 comics.
Vol 2: The Other Side To the Shore Of Here (1989): 1917 comics.
Vol 3: The Limbo of Useless Unconsciousness (1989): 1918 comics.
Vol 4: Howling Among the Halls of Night (1989): 1919 comics.
Vol 5: Pilgrims on the Road to Nowhere (1990): 1920s comics.
Vol 6: Sure As Moons is Cheeses (1990): 1921 comics.
Vol 7: A Katnip Kantata in the Key of K (1991): 1922 strips, including 10 color Saturday strips.
Vol 8: Inna Yott On the Muddy Geranium (1991): 1923 comics.
Vol 9: Shed a Soft Mongolian Tear (1992): 1924 comics.
Vol 10: Honeysuckil Love Is Doubly Swit (unpublished)

The Komplete Kolor Krazy Kat (Kitchen Sink Press series 1990 - 1991). Each volume reprinted two years of Sundays. The publisher dissolved before the series' aim of completeness could be achieved.
Vol 1: 1935–1936 (1990): Rick Marshall, Bill Watterson, contributors. ISBN 0-924359-06-4
Vol 2: 1936–1937 (1991): Rick Marshall, ed. ISBN 0-924359-07-2

Krazy & Ignatz, The Dailies. Vol 1: 1918–1919 (Stinging Monkey/BookSurge 2001, 2003): Gregory Fink, ed., introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Stinging Monkey edition in large format. BookSurge reprint in smaller 7.9 × 6 inch format. Reprints complete run of dailies from Aug 26, 1918, to Jun 28, 1919.

All the Daily Strips.... (Pacific Comics series 2003 - 2005) 6¼ x 6¼ inch format.
Krazy Kat vol 1: 1921 (2003)
Krazy Kat vol 2: 1922 (2004)
Krazy Kat Vol 3: 1923 (2005)
Presents Krazy and Ignatz (series) Four 3¼ x 4 inch volumes reproducing the 1921 comics in miniature.

Fantagraphics Books
In 2002, Fantagraphics began to publish a series of paperbacks – picking up where Eclipse Comics left off – with introductory essays and other bonuses, such as rare artworks and photographs. Bill Blackbeard is the series editor, Chris Ware the cover and interior designer. For the first time ever, Fantagraphics reprinted the entirety of Krazy Kat Sundays: the first ten volumes collect two years worth of Sundays each (the first five in black and white, the last five in color – reflecting the shift in the original newspaper version); the last three paperbacks comprise the black and white Sundays already reprinted by Eclipse, presenting three years worth of material per volume.
Krazy & Ignatz in "There Is A Heppy Lend Furfur A-Waay": 1925–1926 (2002)
Krazy & Ignatz in "Love Letters In Ancient Brick": 1927–1928 (2002)
Krazy & Ignatz in "A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night": 1929–1930 (2003)
Krazy & Ignatz in "A Kat Alilt with Song": 1931–1932 (2004)
Krazy & Ignatz in "Necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush": 1933–1934 (2005)
Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips: 1925–1934: Collects the previous five paperbacks in a single hardcover volume. Only 1000 copies printed, only available by direct order from the publisher.
Krazy & Ignatz in "A Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy": 1935–1936 (2005)
Krazy & Ignatz in “Shifting Sands Dusts its Cheeks in Powdered Beaut
Krazy & Ignatz in "A Ragout of Raspberries": 1941–1942 (2007)
Krazy & Ignatz in "He Nods in Quiescent Siesta": 1943–1944 (2008)
Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips: 1935–1944: Collects the previous five paperbacks in a single hardcover volume. Only 1000 copies printed, only available by direct order from the publisher.
Krazy & Ignatz in "Love in a Kestle or Love in a Hut": 1916–1918 (2010)
Krazy & Ignatz in "A Kind, Benevolent and Amiable Brick": 1919–1921 (2011)
Krazy & Ignatz in "At Last My Drim of Love Has Come True": 1922–1924 (2012) (also includes the complete Us Husbands, another strip of Herriman, unrelated to Krazy Kat)
Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips: 1916–1924: Collects the previous three paperbacks in a single hardcover volume. Only 1000 copies printed, only available by direct order from the publisher.
Krazy & Ignatz: The Kat Who Walked in Beauty (2007) This volume, unrelated to the previous collections (both in design and format), is a horizontal hardcover which reprints: Some daily strips from 1911 and 1912 (including a sequence from July 2 to 16) and 32 from 1914 (only a few of which can be dated by cross reference to other collections). Plus (in large format) all daily strips from March 4 to October 30, 1920 and from September 13 to October 15, 1921 (except Sept. 15, 19, 20, 27, 30, and Oct. 5-7).
Also included is the artwork that Herriman drew for the program of a 1922 pantomime ballet based on Krazy Kat (reproduced larger than in the Eclipse 1923 and The George Herriman Library 1922–1924 collections).

Starting from 2019, Fantagraphics began to publish a new collection of Krazy Kat Sundays. The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz, a series of deluxe hardcovers, whose format is much wider than those of the previous paperbacks, collects 3 years worth of Sundays per volume. The bonus material, while largely similar to the previous collections, presents some differences, though, such as new essays and images. Michael Catron and Bill Blackbeard are the series editors, while Keeli McCarthy is the cover and interior designer.
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916–1918 (2019)
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1919–1921 (2020)
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1922–1924 (2022)
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1925–1927 (2023)
The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1928–1930 (2025)

Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays (Sunday Press Books 2010): Patrick McDonnell, Peter Maresca, eds. Sunday Press Books. Various Sundays reprinted in their original size and colors.

Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman: A Celebration (Abrams ComicArts 2011): Craig Yoe, ed. (hardcover). Includes more than a dozen (new and old) essays, and reproductions of non-comic art pertaining to Krazy Kat and Herriman's other works.

George Herriman's Krazy + Ignatz in Tiger Tea (IDW Publishing 2010): Craig Yoe, ed. Collects the "Tiger Tea" storyline from the daily comics, May 1936 – March 1937 (hardcover).

LOAC Essentials Presents King Features Volume 1: Krazy Kat 1934 By George Herriman (April 2016): Dean Mullaney, ed. Collects a years worth of daily strips, Dec 25, 1933 – Dec 31, 1934.

Michael Tisserand's 2016 biography, Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White (Harper, hardcover, 560 pages) is profusely illustrated with (mainly) single panels from Herriman's various comics. The table below lists only the panels from Krazy Kat, with dates from the book's captions.

George Herriman's "Krazy Kat": The Complete Color Sundays 1935-1944 (Taschen 2019): Alexander Braun ed. XXL Hardcover (300 mm × 440 mm). 632 pages.

Krazy Kat Collection: Selected Sunday Strips 1918–1919 (Dover Publications 2020) Paperback; 112 pages.

Mathiesen collections
Cartoonist/writer Snorre Smári Mathiesen has edited and self-published a series of daily collections:
Krazy Kat - Dailies 1913-1914 ISBN 979-8321374771: Hardcover; 424 pages. The collection covers the period from late-October, 1913 through all of 1914, but several dozen are missing. For five days, the editor found two different strips which ran in separate newspapers. Also included are five strips from 1911, 1912 and 1913.
Krazy Kat - Dailies Nov 1913-Feb 1914 Paperback; 60 pages.
Krazy Kat - Dailies Vol. 2: March–July 1914 Paperback; 42 pages.
Krazy Kat: 1924 Daily Strips Original edition. Hardcover; 128 pages.
Krazy Kat: 1924 Daily Strips Revised edition. Hardcover; 260 pages. Comics are printed larger than in earlier edition. The previous edition included various strips from June 1913 to March 1914, some of which had been included in the above collections. These comics are not mentioned in the introduction to the revised edition. From 1924, about 60 strips are missing. Nearly all of these missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume.
Krazy Kat: 1925 Daily Strips Hardcover; 212 pages. Missing Jun 18 and Dec 25. These missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume.
Krazy Kat: 1926 Daily Strips Hardcover; 312 pages. Missing December 1, 9, 25. The latter two missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume, where he also reports that December 1, 1926, was a repeat from 1924.
Krazy Kat: 1927 Daily Strips Hardcover; 314 pages. Missing January 1 and December 26. These missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume.
Krazy Kat: 1928 Daily StripsHardcover; 314 pages. Missing July 4 and December 25.
Krazy Kat: 1929 Daily Strips Hardcover; 344 pages. Missing are six weeks of strips which were repeated from 1925 and 1926 (the original run-dates are not provided).

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De personages van Krazy Kat waren eerder geïntroduceerd in een bijstrip met Herriman’s eerdere creatie, The Dingbat Family (en latere verschijningen in de Herriman-strip Baron Bean). De uitdrukking "Krazy Kat" is daar ontstaan, gebruikt door de muis Ignatz, die hem zo noemt. Krazy Kat speelt zich af in een dromerige weergave van Herriman’s vakantiereizen naar Coconino County, Arizona, en de mix van eigenzinnig surrealisme, onschuldige speelsheid en poëtische taal heeft de strip al meer dan 80 jaar geliefd gemaakt bij stripliefhebbers en kunstcritici.

De strip draait om de merkwaardige relatie tussen een naïeve, zorgeloze, simpele kat genaamd Krazy en een driftige muis genaamd Ignatz Mouse. Krazy koestert een onbeantwoorde liefde voor de muis, maar Ignatz moet daar niets van hebben en bedenkt voortdurend plannen om stenen naar Krazy's hoofd te gooien. Krazy interpreteert dit als een teken van genegenheid en antwoordt dankbaar met kreten als "Li'l dollink, allus f'etful" of "Li'l ainjil". Een derde hoofdpersonage, agent Bull Pupp (Offissa Pupp), verschijnt regelmatig en probeert Krazy te "beschermen" door Ignatz' pogingen te dwarsbomen en hem gevangen te zetten. Uiteindelijk wordt Officer Pupp verliefd op Krazy Kat.

Het fantasievolle Coconino County is gevuld met andere personages naast onze drie hoofdpersonen. Er is Joe Stork, "leverancier van nakomelingen aan zowel prins als proletariaat", wiens bundels evenveel hoop als angst kunnen inboezemen. Er is Bum Bill Bee, "hij die niet door het lot of de bestemming kan worden beheerst, die hulde brengt aan de goden van de leegte, geregeerd door de wet van noch mens, noch maan, noch zon, noch ster, een nietsnut die ronddwaalt in het dal van de verleiding zonder dienstmeisje, partner of minnares." Met andere woorden, hij is een “hobo” (zwerver). Bum Bill Bee's "honey" (alcohol) speelde een rol in veel grappen uit het tijdperk van de drooglegging. Er is Kolin Kelly, verkoper van bakstenen en het gezicht van het kapitalisme in Coconino, wiens bedrijfsmodel volledig lijkt te zijn gebaseerd op het bedienen van gemene muizen. En vele andere kleine en grote personages die in de loop der jaren zouden komen en gaan.

Krazy's geslacht wordt nooit duidelijk gemaakt en lijkt fluïde te zijn, variërend van strip tot strip. De meeste auteurs na Herriman (te beginnen met e. e. cummings) hebben Krazy ten onrechte alleen als vrouwelijk aangeduid, maar Krazy's bedenker was hier zeer vaag over en publiceerde zelfs verschillende strips waarin hij de spot dreef met deze onzekerheid. Toen filmmaker Frank Capra, een fan van de strip, Herriman vroeg om het geslacht van het personage rechtstreeks te definiëren, gaf de cartoonist toe dat Krazy "iets als een elfje of een fee was. Ze hebben geen geslacht. Dus die Kat kan geen hij of zij zijn. De Kat is een geest – een elfje – vrij om zich overal mee te bemoeien". De meeste personages in de strip gebruiken "hij" en "hem" om naar Krazy te verwijzen. Op een gegeven moment vraagt Ignatz aan Krazy: "Wat is je echte naam?" en Krazy zegt: "Wilhelmina..."

De publieke reactie was destijds gemengd; velen waren verbaasd over de eigenzinnige weigering van de strip om zich te conformeren aan de stripconventies en rechttoe-rechtaan grappen, maar uitgever William Randolph Hearst was dol op Krazy Kat, en de strip bleef gedurende de hele looptijd in zijn kranten verschijnen, soms alleen op zijn directe bevel.

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Ondanks de relatief lage populariteit bij het grote publiek, verwierf Krazy Kat een brede aanhang onder intellectuelen. In 1922 werd een jazzballet gebaseerd op de strip geproduceerd en gecomponeerd door John Alden Carpenter; hoewel de voorstelling twee avonden voor uitverkochte zalen speelde en positieve recensies kreeg in The New York Times en The New Republic, slaagde het er niet in de populariteit van de strip te vergroten zoals Hearst had gehoopt. Naast Seldes en Cummings behoorden tot de bewonderaars van Krazy Kat onder anderen TS Eliot, Willem de Kooning, HL Mencken, PG Wodehouse, Jack Kerouac, Robert Benchley, Carl Sandburg en kunstenaar Paul Nash. In 1931 schreef Nash dat "geen enkel land, binnen de beperkte grenzen van dit medium, een fantastische filosoof heeft voortgebracht zoals George Herriman".

Het werk van Herriman heeft een grote invloed gehad op cartoonisten zoals; Elzie C. Segar (Popeye), Will Eisner (The Spirit), Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts), Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman (Mouse), Walt Kelly (Pogo), Bill Watterson (Calvin en Hobbes) en Chris Ware.

Charles M. Schulz en Will Eisner zeiden beiden dat ze zich tot het tekenen van cartoons aangetrokken voelden, mede door de impact die Krazy Kat op hen had gehad in hun vormingsjaren.

Publicaties (Niet compleet)

Adventures of Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in Kokoland (Saalfield 1934)

Illustrated children's book

Krazy Kat (Henry Holt & Co. 1946): Introduction by E.E. Cummings. Hardcover B&W, 268 pages, compilation of daily and Sunday strips, concentrating on 1930–1944.

Krazy Kat: A Classic from the Golden Age of Comics (Grosset & Dunlap/Nostalgia Press/Madison Square Press 1969, 1975): 168 pages. An entirely different compilation of dailies and Sundays, with examples from the entire run of the strip—including 23 The Dingbat Family bottom strips. Reprints the e.e. cummings introduction from the Henry Holt volume. 8 pages in full color; some later editions have daily strips reproduced in blue ink.

George Herriman's Krazy Kat Vol. 1 (Street Enterprises 1973) 32-page newsprint magazine reprinting 60 daily strips from July 3 – October 28, 1933. Inside cover claims inaccurately that they are from 1935.

Krazy Kat Komix, Nos. 1–5 (Real Free Press 1974–1976): Joost Swarte, ed. The 5-issue magazine also features other Herriman strips.

The Family Upstairs: Introducing Krazy Kat: The Complete Strip, 1910–1912 (Hyperion Press 1977, 1992): Introduction by Bill Blackbeard.

Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman (Harry N. Abrams 1986): Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, eds. Various strips in B&W and color, mostly from original art, including some watercolor paintings.

Coconino Chronicle (Morning Star Publications 1988): Alec Finlay, ed. 130 strips from 1927 to 1928.

Krazy and Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics (Eclipse Comics series 1988 - 1991): Bill Blackbeard, ed. Each of these volumes reprints a year of Sunday strips.

Vol 1: Krazy & Ignatz (1988): 1916 strips.

Vol 2: The Other Side To the Shore Of Here (1989): 1917 strips.

Vol 3: The Limbo of Useless Unconsciousness (1989): 1918 strips.

Vol 4: Howling Among the Halls of Night (1989): 1919 strips.

Vol 5: Pilgrims on the Road to Nowhere (1990): 1920 strips.

Vol 6: Sure As Moons is Cheeses (1990): 1921 strips.

Vol 7: A Katnip Kantata in the Key of K (1991): 1922 strips, including 10 color Saturday strips.

Vol 8: Inna Yott On the Muddy Geranium (1991): 1923 strips.

Vol 9: Shed a Soft Mongolian Tear (1992): 1924 strips.

Vol 10: Honeysuckil Love Is Doubly Swit (unpublished)

The Komplete Kolor Krazy Kat (Kitchen Sink Press series 1990 - 1991). Each volume reprinted two years of Sundays. The publisher dissolved before the series' aim of completeness could be achieved.

Vol 1: 1935–1936 (1990): Rick Marshall, Bill Watterson, contributors. ISBN 0-924359-06-4

Vol 2: 1936–1937 (1991): Rick Marshall, ed. ISBN 0-924359-07-2

All the Daily Strips.... (Pacific Comics series 2003 - 2005) 6¼ x 6¼ inch format.

Krazy Kat vol 1: 1921 (2003)

Krazy Kat vol 2: 1922 (2004)

Krazy Kat Vol 3: 1923 (2005)

Presents Krazy and Ignatz (series) Four 3¼ x 4 inch volumes reproducing the 1921 strips in miniature.

Fantagraphics Books

In 2002, Fantagraphics began to publish a series of paperbacks – picking up where Eclipse Comics left off – with introductory essays and other bonuses, such as rare artworks and photographs. Bill Blackbeard is the series editor, Chris Ware the cover and interior designer. For the first time ever, Fantagraphics reprinted the entirety of Krazy Kat Sundays: the first ten volumes collect two years worth of Sundays each (the first five in black and white, the last five in color – reflecting the shift in the original newspaper version); the last three paperbacks comprise the black and white Sundays already reprinted by Eclipse, presenting three years worth of material per volume.

Krazy & Ignatz in "There Is A Heppy Lend Furfur A-Waay": 1925–1926 (2002)

Krazy & Ignatz in "Love Letters In Ancient Brick": 1927–1928 (2002)

Krazy & Ignatz in "A Mice, A Brick, A Lovely Night": 1929–1930 (2003)

Krazy & Ignatz in "A Kat Alilt with Song": 1931–1932 (2004)

Krazy & Ignatz in "Necromancy by the Blue Bean Bush": 1933–1934 (2005)

Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips: 1925–1934: Collects the previous five paperbacks in a single hardcover volume. Only 1000 copies printed, only available by direct order from the publisher.

Krazy & Ignatz in "A Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy": 1935–1936 (2005)

Krazy & Ignatz in "Shifting Sands Dusts its Cheeks in Powdered Beaut

Krazy & Ignatz in "A Ragout of Raspberries": 1941–1942 (2007)

Krazy & Ignatz in "He Nods in Quiescent Siesta": 1943–1944 (2008)

Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips: 1935–1944: Collects the previous five paperbacks in a single hardcover volume. Only 1000 copies printed, only available by direct order from the publisher.

Krazy & Ignatz in "Love in a Kestle or Love in a Hut": 1916–1918 (2010)

Krazy & Ignatz in "A Kind, Benevolent and Amiable Brick": 1919–1921 (2011)

Krazy & Ignatz in "At Last My Drim of Love Has Come True": 1922–1924 (2012) (also includes the complete Us Husbands, another strip of Herriman, unrelated to Krazy Kat)

Krazy & Ignatz: The Complete Sunday Strips: 1916–1924: Collects the previous three paperbacks in a single hardcover volume. Only 1000 copies printed, only available by direct order from the publisher.

Krazy & Ignatz: The Kat Who Walked in Beauty (2007) This volume, unrelated to the previous collections (both in design and format), is a horizontal hardcover which reprints: Some daily strips from 1911 and 1912 (including a sequence from July 2 to 16) and 32 from 1914 (only a few of which can be dated by cross reference to other collections). Plus (in large-format) all daily strips from March 4 to October 30, 1920 and from September 13 to October 15, 1921 (except Sept. 15, 19, 20, 27, 30, and Oct. 5-7).

Also included is the artwork that Herriman drew for the program of a 1922 pantomime ballet based on Krazy Kat (reproduced larger than in the Eclipse 1923 and The George Herriman Library 1922–1924 collections).

Starting from 2019, Fantagraphics began to publish a new collection of Krazy Kat Sundays. The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz, a series of deluxe hardcovers, whose format is much wider than those of the previous paperbacks, collects 3 years worth of Sundays per volume. The bonus material, while largely similar to the previous collections, presents some differences, though, such as new essays and images. Michael Catron and Bill Blackbeard are the series editors, while Keeli McCarthy is the cover and interior designer.

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1916–1918 (2019)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1919–1921 (2020)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1922–1924 (2022)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1925–1927 (2023)

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1928–1930 (2025)

Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays (Sunday Press Books 2010): Patrick McDonnell, Peter Maresca, eds. Sunday Press Books. Various Sundays reprinted in their original size and colors.

Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman: A Celebration (Abrams ComicArts 2011): Craig Yoe, ed. (hardcover). Includes more than a dozen (new and old) essays, and reproductions of non-strip art pertaining to Krazy Kat and Herriman's other works.

George Herriman's Krazy + Ignatz in Tiger Tea (IDW Publishing 2010): Craig Yoe, ed. Collects the "Tiger Tea" storyline from the daily strips, May 1936 – March 1937 (hardcover).

LOAC Essentials Presents King Features Volume 1: Krazy Kat 1934 By George Herriman (April 2016): Dean Mullaney, ed. Collects a years worth of daily strips, Dec 25, 1933 – Dec 31, 1934.

George Herriman's "Krazy Kat": The Complete Color Sundays 1935-1944 (Taschen 2019): Alexander Braun ed. XXL Hardcover (300 mm × 440 mm). 632 pages.

Krazy Kat Collection: Selected Sunday Strips 1918–1919 (Dover Publications 2020) Paperback; 112 pages.

Mathiesen collections

Cartoonist/writer Snorre Smári Mathiesen has edited and self-published a series of daily collections:

Krazy Kat - Dailies 1913-1914 ISBN 979-8321374771: Hardcover; 424 pages. The collection covers the period from late-October, 1913 through all of 1914, but several dozen are missing. For five days, the editor found two different strips which ran in separate newspapers. Also included are five strips from 1911, 1912 and 1913.

Krazy Kat - Dailies Nov 1913-Feb 1914 Paperback; 60 pages.

Krazy Kat - Dailies Vol. 2: March–July 1914 Paperback; 42 pages.

Krazy Kat: 1924 Daily Strips Original edition. Hardcover; 128 pages.

Krazy Kat: 1924 Daily Strips Revised edition. Hardcover; 260 pages. Strips are printed larger than in earlier edition. The previous edition included various strips from June 1913 to March 1914, some of which had been included in the above collections. These strips are not mentioned in the introduction to the revised edition. From 1924, about 60 strips are missing. Nearly all of these missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume.

Krazy Kat: 1925 Daily Strips Hardcover; 212 pages. Missing Jun 18 and Dec 25. These missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume.

Krazy Kat: 1926 Daily Strips Hardcover; 312 pages. Missing December 1, 9, 25. The latter two missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume, where he also reports that December 1, 1926, was a repeat from 1924.

Krazy Kat: 1927 Daily Strips Hardcover; 314 pages. Missing January 1 and December 26. These missing strips have been collected in the editor's 1929 volume.

Krazy Kat: 1928 Daily StripsHardcover; 314 pages. Missing July 4 and December 25.

Krazy Kat: 1929 Daily Strips Hardcover; 344 pages. Missing are six weeks of strips which were repeated from 1925 and 1926 (the original run-dates are not provided).

Number of comic books

375

Number of related items

Oldest item

Adventures of Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in Kokoland (1934)