A very happy birthday to the one and only George Herriman

Craig Yoe, author of Krazy Kat and the Art of George Herriman, out this month, wishes the famed cartoonist a very happy (ahem… HEPPY!) birthday.

Happy Birthday George Herriman! Or “Heppy” as George used to spell it in his playful strip Krazy Kat. Or “Garge” as seminal newspaper cartoonist and close friend of Herriman Tad Dorgan used to spell it.  Heppy Birthday Garge! George Joesph Heriman, merely The Greatest Cartoonist of All, was born on this date in 1880. How appropriate for today that our new celebrating book Krazy Kat and The Art of George Herriman: A Celebration shows on its’ cover the whole gang from Koconino Kounty marching with a big birthday cake. This rare drawing was originally done for another birthday celebration, the 1931 50th anninversay of The Los Angeles Times. It’s typical of the plethera of never-before-seen artistic goodies between the covers of our book produced by Eisner-Award winner Craig Yoe. We hope you celebrate by throwing lots of bricks or, if that’s not safe for work or your home setting, by obtaining a copy of the book for yourself or a Krazy friend!