Krazy Kat No. 1: Museum Object and Cultural History
Krazy Kat No. 1: date made: 1951. maker: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.. Object Name: comic book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Dell Comics Published five issues of Krazy Kat between 1951-1952. This issue, number one, has a publication date of May-June 1951. The cover has an image of the title character smoking a bubble pipe while Ignatz the mouse aims a brick at their head.
The comic was based on one of the most critically acclaimed newspaper comic strips of all time, George Herriman’s Krazy Kat which ran from 1913-1944. In the 1950’s, Little Lulu cartoonist John Stanley attempted to adapt Herriman’s characters into a comic book format.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1951
- maker: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.
- Object Name: comic book
- Associated Place: United States: New York, Brooklyn
- Subject: Comics
- web subject: Entertainment
- ID Number: 2011.3085.081
- nonaccession number: 2011.3085
- catalog number: 2011.3085.081
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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