New Adventures of Queen Victoria by Pab Sungenis for April 01, 2009

Huh?

I concur - HUH?

RE yesterday- The suffragettes were (at least once) condemned as lesbians by their detractors.

Glad to see i’m apparently not the only one whose feed is wonky.

It’s a classic Krazy Kat. Thanks, Pab.

Remember the date: April Fools Day.

The print is so small, I can’t read the comic.

Even in his dailies Herriman had a relatively huge area in which to work. His stuff would be hopelessly tiny on a modern newspaper page.

Folks, try the “view larger” button – and happy April! Thanks, Pab.

The Comic Strip Library has several early Sunday Krazy Kat strips before 1924, as well as Windsor McKay’s. A little hard to navigate, though: http://preview.tinyurl.com/d5pl7q

You can also read them on the DailyInk.com I’ll warn you in advance though, it’s just as hard to read there. It’s worth it though, to read the old school comics. Thanks yer Majesty!

LOL!! Love the Kat.

i can’t read it, its too small and the ‘view larger’ thing makes it blurry. I really want to read it so plz post it bigger.

On April 1, 1996, some cartoonists actually traded strips for a day and drew each others characters! Wouldn’t it be cool if they did that on a yearly basis!

OK, I’ll come clean. According to Garfield and Blondie (and Dagwood) it was 1997. Or in other words, April Fool!

Now that I think about it, let me share with you the ones I remember best. Shoe punches out Cosmo Sgt. Snorkel-style, and the Family Circus gathers round to discuss downsizing a la Dilbert (and Thel had the boss’ hairdo!). It was really cool!

Wanted to say Thank You to Pab for posting the Kat ‘toon. Love how the 1st panel is an egg shape.   And about the Great Switcherooni in ‘97. Brooke did Rose is Rose for Pat Brady. Too bad the Chickweed archives don’t go back that far, cause Pat must’ve done CwL, but Rose is here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/c8r8vo

Love Krazy, but there might be some ethical issues involved in lifting Herrman’s work. At first I thought it was a krazy kat homage; disappointed to see it’s an original …

I was also a bit disappointed that this wasn’t an original homage, but you can’t go wrong with Herriman. For those of you who are interested, I believe Fantagraphic Books is collecting all of the weekend Krazy Kat strips in several volumes. The ones I have are amazing. (Oh, and a plug: I once did my own Herriman tribute, which can be found here: http://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca/index.phtml?pg=13&chap=1726)

Wait til the April Fools Day Cease and Decist order comes down. LOL

Pab: “Krazy Kat” was indeed created in the teens. It was a “basement” strip for George Herriman’s “The Dingbat Family/The Family Upstairs,” appearing in 1910. “Krazy Kat” started below the regular strip, but outgrew that into its own strip by 1913. “The Dingbat Family” is forgotten, but “Krazy Kat” is the greatest comic strip, influencing Charles Schulz, Will Eisner, Bill Watterson, and Patrick McDonnell, among others.