George Herriman

Writing

George Herriman

Born — Died

1880-08-22 — 1944-04-26

Place of birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

20 titles

George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among those in the arts. Gilbert Seldes' article "The Krazy Kat Who Walks by Himself" was the earliest example of a critic from the high arts giving serious attention to a comic strip. The Comics Journal placed the strip first on its list of the greatest comics of the 20th century. Herriman's work has been a primary influence on cartoonists such as Elzie C. Segar, Will Eisner, Charles M. Schulz, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Bill Watterson, and Chris Ware. Herriman was born in New …

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Keeping Up with Krazy poster
9.0

Ignatz Mouse is hired to sell a prefabricated house to the local brick foundry owner Kelly by a corrupt realtor. But Krazy Kat's simple home (made from two umbrellas) bothers Kelly. The trio becomes embroiled in a battle of wits as to whose house is better.

Keeping Up with Krazy

1962

Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus poster
5.4

Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse go to the circus and have some fun at the expense of a spectator.

Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus

1916

Scents and Nonsense poster
7.2

It's a fairly straightforward piece in which Krazy gets involved with a dance contest, a bear, a skunk and a pawnbroker.

Scents and Nonsense

1926

Light House Keeping poster
10.0

Krazy Kat runs his own lighthouse and when rough seas take over, he has to save a damsel in distress.

Light House Keeping

1932

No artwork available
7.0

Riding a camel through the desert, Krazy Kat and his Minnie-Mouse lookalike girlfriend are spotted by one of the sultan's men, who kidnaps the girl for his boss's harem. Lost Cartoon

Desert Sunk

1930

No artwork available
7.0

A Krazy Kat short.

Auto Suggestion

1929

Ratskin poster
6.5

While George Herriman is credited as Kat's creator here, Krazy in this short bears little resemblance to the original comic strip character. In fact, instead of pining for Ignaz Mouse, this Kat is hunting American Indians, what we call Native Americans today, as he gets almost burned at the stake by them (it should be noted that the fire, like in many animated shorts made during this time, has a personality of his own here!).

Ratskin

1929

The Merry Cafe poster
8.0

A musical extravaganza centered around Depression-struck Krazy Kat trying to cadge a free meal in an automat (The Eato-Mat Restaurant)

The Merry Cafe

1936

No artwork available
7.0

Krazy Kat gets falsely arrested for cheese burglaries.

The Great Cheese Robbery

1920

No artwork available
NR

A Jerry on the Job short

Scrambled Eagles

1921

No artwork available
10.0

While tracking a pair of footprints, Krazy Kat walks through a spooky midnight landscape where trees, birds and clock towers play music. Then rain and lightning storms roll in. He gets into a scary house where the furniture starts attacking him, and a ghost grabs him and takes him to underground rooms where more ghosts sing and dance and get Krazy to join them. Lost Cartoon

Spookeasy

1930

No artwork available
8.0

A Krazy Kat short.

How I Became Krazy

1921

No artwork available
7.0

A Krazy Kat short.

A Fur Peace

1929

No artwork available
8.0

A Krazy Kat short.

Krazy Kat Demi-Tasse

1916

No artwork available
9.0

A Krazy Kat short.

Ignatz Believes in Signs

1916

No artwork available
8.0

Krazy Kat cartoon short

A Grid-Iron Hero

1916

No artwork available
7.0

An Old Flame is a 1930 Krazy Kat short directed by Manny Gould and Ben Harrison. Lost Cartoon

An Old Flame

1930

No artwork available
3.6

Krazy is at home reading a magazine. Ignatz comes in and goes inside a jar of jam. Krazy is aware of this, and tries to get the rodent out of the jar. After getting bitten in the paws, Krazy decides to discard the container, along with Ignatz.

A Duet

1916

No artwork available
3.6

Krazy is at home reading a magazine. Ignatz comes in and goes inside a jar of jam. Krazy is aware of this, and tries to get the rodent out of the jar. After getting bitten in the paws, Krazy decides to discard the container, along with Ignatz.

A Duet

1916