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Herriman came to be identified as Black or Creole in comics literature, including his first book-length biography, Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman (1986), while the "Greek" label stuck with some biographers, and was used by Bill Blackbeard in his introductions to the Krazy and Ignatz volumes in the early 2000s.
But then in the early 1970s, a quarter-century after his death, a birth certificate was found stating that Herriman was born “colored” to Creole parents in that 19th-century hotbed of ...
- Herriman Fought Racism But Also Lived With It. While George Herriman was hardly an activist, he still found ways to speak up for basic human rights, long before the Civil Rights Era came to pass in the US.
- Herriman's Death Certificate Lied. When George Herriman died, his oldest daughter Mabel made several key mistakes on his death certificate. According to her, her father was "Caucasian," and had been born in France's Alsace-Lorraine region before immigrating to the United States.
- Herriman Was Still Drawing The Day He Died. When Herriman died in 1944, there was an unfinished Sunday strip on his drafting table. It marked the end of a career that spanned more than four decades.
- Krazy Kat's Incredible Fan Base. While Krazy Kat's mass popularity had petered out by 1935, it still had a vocal and powerful fan base that included William Randolph Hearst, President Woodrow Wilson, author E.B.
Nov 25, 2016 · 'Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White' by Michael Tisserand, a new biography of the New Orleans-born cartoonist - a Krazy Kat cartoon referring to Jelly Roll Morton.
Dec 25, 2018 · George Herriman was one of the first syndicated cartoonists of African descent. The son of mulatto Creole parents George Herriman Jr., a tailor, and the former Clara Morel, Herriman was born in New Orleans on August 22, 1880.
Dec 6, 2016 · Called upon to draw sports cartoons to promote that particular battle of the century, Herriman added a black cat and a white mouse, specifically the white Ignatz Mouse antagonizing the black...
Dec 18, 1986 · George Herriman was born in New Orleans in 1880, and McDonnell, O’Connell, and De Havenon have discovered that he is listed on his birth certificate as a Creole, which in New Orleans at the time was apparently a fancy way of saying black.
