Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Great Classics O' Literature Out Th' Ass Dept. - George Herriman

 

A god among men, back when bein' a newspaper man was everything you wanted it to be. Lookit this swell rotogravure of George, pretendin' to be dozin' at his desk! Haw! The scamp! Note hat, weskit. Guys dressed swell in them days, not like bums like today. Note litter, piles of paper all over. No antiseptic paperless offices back then. It was all paper - blooming like flowers on the newsstands today, swept away like dead leaves tomorrow. George turned up, sat down, inked a strip, went for lunch. No boss lookin' over his shoulder. Tell me that's not the best job in the whole damn world!

Krazy Kat was his most famous creation, and at its glorious full-color height attained Art, as pop culture can, Art with an unashamed capital A, to amaze and raise the spirits, little stained-glass windows filtering the light of god.

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13 comments:

  1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMarch 2, 2021 at 8:40 AM

    First three volumes of the definitive edition.

    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐱🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶

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  2. AnonymousMarch 2, 2021 at 1:45 PM

    and may be you blessed for spreading the godly word . . .

    --Muzak McMusics

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  3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMarch 2, 2021 at 3:52 PM

    Vols 4,5,6:

    🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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  4. Susan DonimusMarch 2, 2021 at 4:58 PM

    Thanks for Krazy.

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  5. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMarch 2, 2021 at 7:53 PM

    7,8,9:

    📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖

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  6. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMarch 2, 2021 at 7:59 PM

    DEPRAVOS DE LA MOUR are currently touring the high-security penitentiaries of Ukraine to publicize their new album "A Tribute To Hall & Oates".

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  7. Jack Kerouac's CatMarch 2, 2021 at 9:43 PM

    Absolutely sublime.

    Had a dog named Ignatz.

    Thanks very much for sharing.

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  8. PsychfanMarch 2, 2021 at 10:12 PM

    I've never had the opportunity to see more than one or two pages of this. Thanks very much! The Old Weird America indeed!

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  9. pmacMarch 2, 2021 at 10:18 PM

    Truly amazing, especially when you consider when these were originally published.

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  10. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMarch 3, 2021 at 7:09 AM

    Next three (technicolor mindfuck era):

    🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛💊🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛🥛

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  11. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIMarch 3, 2021 at 10:34 AM

    The last one: 🍭

    Get these while you can - I will be disinclined to reloadup!

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  12. DEPRAVOS DE LA MOURMarch 3, 2021 at 6:28 PM

    we go where we're loved. just like rump.

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