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George Herriman - Original Comic Strip Art for

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George Herriman - Original Comic Strip Art for
George Herriman - Original Comic Strip Art for Krazy Kat Sunday dated 3-25-34 (King Features Syndicate, 1934). One of the earliest proponents of "word jazz," a style of writing in which language is fluid and ignores the conventions of grammar, spelling, and tense, to create a unique sound, style, and rhythm, George Herriman birthed the unique characters of Kokonino County as fillers for two earlier strips, The Dingbat Family and The Family Upstairs. The lovelorn Krazy Kat, the brick-throwing Ignatz Mouse, and the ever-vigilant Offisa Pup delighted newspaper audiences for over three decades. Originally printed in the Hearst newspaper's Art & Drama section, rather than on their comics page, Krazy Kat was at once set off from its contemporaries, a distinction it retains to this day as one of the few comic strips recognized as true "art." The example offered here, built around a wildly improbable "brick gag," has an image area of approximately 18" x 20" and is in excellent condition. "Brick" strips are always highly prized by collectors, with this example being particularly nice. The piece is signed by Herriman in the last panel. Important notice: Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.