Krazy & Ignatz #1922-1924 - At Last My Drim of Love Has Come True
(January 2012)

Fantagraphics, 2002 Series
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Price
24.99 USD; 24.99 CAD
Pages
260
On-sale Date
2012-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN
978-1-60699-477-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781606994771 52499
Editing
Bill Blackbeard

Issue Notes

Title for this release is given as listed within the book, both in the indicia and on the title page. On the book's front cover however, the title reads "At Last My Drim of Life Has Come True."
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Chris Ware; George Herriman
Inks
Chris Ware; George Herriman
Colors
Chris Ware
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

[The Greek, the Turk, the Canary Bird] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Characters
George Herriman and two others

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Herriman (spot illustrations)
Inks
George Herriman (spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title pages and indicia.

A Kat of Many Kolors: Jazz Pantomime and the Funny Papers in 1922 (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Blackbeard
Pencils
George Herriman (spot illustrations)
Inks
George Herriman (spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

He Gives a Hint to Ma, and of Course Ma Guessed Right (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Tommy Tattles / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Little Tommy Tattles 1903-10-05

He Earns a Penny from Pa and Ma Promptly Investigates (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Tommy Tattles / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Little Tommy Tattles 1903-10-08

Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Daily Strip Finally Unearthed! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Tisserand
Pencils
George Herriman (spot illustration)
Inks
George Herriman (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

Does Her Kind Husband Arrange to Take Her to the Theatre, She Makes Him Lose the Best Part of the Show (Table of Contents: 7)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-15

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

She Is Especially Irritating When a Man in a Desperate Fix Needs Assistance in a Hurry (Table of Contents: 8)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-17

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

How One of Her Little Minutes Burned a Good Steak into Cinders and Spoiled Hubby's Worked Up Appetite (Table of Contents: 9)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-18

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

Her Misconception of the Flight of Time Causes the Loss of a Nice Cold Beady Bottle (Table of Contents: 10)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-19

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

A Glance into a Mirror and What It Did for Mr. Waitaminnit's Train-Catching Passion (Table of Contents: 11)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-21

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

She Doesn't Seem to Know that Time and a Bursting Pipe Are not Much on the Wait (Table of Contents: 12)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-22

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

There's Many a Slip Twixt the Wall and the Paste Bucket When One Waits on a Woman (Table of Contents: 13)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-23

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

An Awful Lot Can Happen Between a Wife's Promise to Be Ready and Its Fulfilment (Table of Contents: 14)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-24

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

Her Deliberation in Crossing a Street Prepares Mr. Waitaminnit for the Hospital (Table of Contents: 15)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-25

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

Her Deliberate Manner Causes Him to Lose the Honor of Leading His Lodge in a Parade (Table of Contents: 16)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-26

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

Her Dilly-Dallying Seriously Interferes with the Thirst of Two Friends of Her Husband (Table of Contents: 17)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-28

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

Hubby's Chance to Collect a Debt from a Friend Is Spoiled by Her Too Deliberate Methods (Table of Contents: 18)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-29

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

The Dinner Wouldn't Wait Until She Got Ready to Go to It, so Mr. Waitaminnit Almost Went Hungry (Table of Contents: 19)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-09-30

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

This Shows that the Ice Always Grows Cold no Matter how Hot a Man's Haste (Table of Contents: 20)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-01

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

When She Has Something in Her Eye It Makes no Difference What He Has in His (Table of Contents: 21)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-02

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

There Are Times When Delay Is Worse than Dangerous, and This Is One of Them (Table of Contents: 22)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-06

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

She Is Slow About Meeting an Emergency in Which Hubby, the Babe and a Tack Hammer Figure (Table of Contents: 23)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-07

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

She Remains Wedded to Her Art a Little Too Long and Poor Baby Suffers in Consequence (Table of Contents: 24)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-09

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

She Doesn't Seem to Appreciate that Sometimes a Man Is in an Awful Hurry for What He Wants (Table of Contents: 25)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-10

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

Music Hath Charms, but It Can't Help a Man Who Is Wrestling with a Back-Load of Trouble (Table of Contents: 26)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-12

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

There's Many a Slip 'twixt a Flip and a Flapjack, and One Is Enough to Put Hubby in the Soup (Table of Contents: 27)

Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late 1903-10-13

Indexer Notes

Relating to feature "Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Strip Finally Unearthed".

In Memoriam: Bill Blackbeard: The Man Who Saved Comics 1926-2011 (Table of Contents: 28)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Obituary.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 63 pages (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Colors
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Officer Pupp; Joe Stork; Don Kiyote; Kolin Kelly
Reprints
  • from Krazy Kat Sundays (Hearst Communications) 1922-01-01 - 1922-12-31
    from Krazy Kat Saturdays (Hears Communications) 1922-01-07 - 1922-03-11

Indexer Notes

Saturday strips printed in color, Sunday strips printed in black and white.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 52 pages (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Officer Pupp; Joe Stork; Walter Cephus Austridge; Bum Bill Bee; Mrs. Kwakk Wakk; Gooseberry Sprig; Kolin Kelly
Reprints
  • from Krazy Kat Sundays (Hearst Communications) 1923-01-07 - 1923-12-30

Indexer Notes

1923-06-17 strip is a reprint from 1922-08-20.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 52 pages (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Krazy Kat; Ignatz Mouse; Officer Pupp; Walter Cephus Austridge; Don Kiyoti; Mrs. Kwakk Wakk; Kolin Kelly
Reprints
  • from Krazy Kat Sundays (Hearst Communications) 1924-01-06 - 1924-12-28

The Domestic Herriman: "Us Husbands" (Table of Contents: 32)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jeet Heer
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Us Husbands / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Colors
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; domestic
Reprints
  • from Us Husbands Saturdays/Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1926-01-17 - 1927-01-01

Indexer Notes

No 10-30, 11-06, and 11-20 strips. 12-11 strip in half page format.

The Ignatz Mouse Debaffler Page (Table of Contents: 34)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Blackbeard, Jeet Heer, Michael Tisserand
Pencils
George Herriman (spot illustrations)
Inks
George Herriman (spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Background notes for selected dates.

A Kat Library, Sundays now complete (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

preview (from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Ah-h - wundafil "Maytime", with thy "butta-kups" ...] (Table of Contents: 36)

Krazy Kat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Herriman
Pencils
George Herriman
Inks
George Herriman
Letters
George Herriman

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Krazy Kat; Officer Pupp; Bum Bill Bee; Ignatz Mouse

Indexer Notes

"Lost" Sunday page.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [The Greek, the Turk, the Canary Bird]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. A Kat of Many Kolors: Jazz Pantomime and the Funny Papers in 1922
  5. 4. He Gives a Hint to Ma, and of Course Ma Guessed Right
    Little Tommy Tattles
  6. 5. He Earns a Penny from Pa and Ma Promptly Investigates
    Little Tommy Tattles
  7. 6. Better Late Than Never: Herriman's First Daily Strip Finally Unearthed!
  8. 7. Does Her Kind Husband Arrange to Take Her to the Theatre, She Makes Him Lose the Best Part of the Show
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  9. 8. She Is Especially Irritating When a Man in a Desperate Fix Needs Assistance in a Hurry
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  10. 9. How One of Her Little Minutes Burned a Good Steak into Cinders and Spoiled Hubby's Worked Up Appetite
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  11. 10. Her Misconception of the Flight of Time Causes the Loss of a Nice Cold Beady Bottle
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  12. 11. A Glance into a Mirror and What It Did for Mr. Waitaminnit's Train-Catching Passion
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  13. 12. She Doesn't Seem to Know that Time and a Bursting Pipe Are not Much on the Wait
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  14. 13. There's Many a Slip Twixt the Wall and the Paste Bucket When One Waits on a Woman
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  15. 14. An Awful Lot Can Happen Between a Wife's Promise to Be Ready and Its Fulfilment
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  16. 15. Her Deliberation in Crossing a Street Prepares Mr. Waitaminnit for the Hospital
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  17. 16. Her Deliberate Manner Causes Him to Lose the Honor of Leading His Lodge in a Parade
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  18. 17. Her Dilly-Dallying Seriously Interferes with the Thirst of Two Friends of Her Husband
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  19. 18. Hubby's Chance to Collect a Debt from a Friend Is Spoiled by Her Too Deliberate Methods
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  20. 19. The Dinner Wouldn't Wait Until She Got Ready to Go to It, so Mr. Waitaminnit Almost Went Hungry
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  21. 20. This Shows that the Ice Always Grows Cold no Matter how Hot a Man's Haste
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  22. 21. When She Has Something in Her Eye It Makes no Difference What He Has in His
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  23. 22. There Are Times When Delay Is Worse than Dangerous, and This Is One of Them
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  24. 23. She Is Slow About Meeting an Emergency in Which Hubby, the Babe and a Tack Hammer Figure
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  25. 24. She Remains Wedded to Her Art a Little Too Long and Poor Baby Suffers in Consequence
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  26. 25. She Doesn't Seem to Appreciate that Sometimes a Man Is in an Awful Hurry for What He Wants
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  27. 26. Music Hath Charms, but It Can't Help a Man Who Is Wrestling with a Back-Load of Trouble
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  28. 27. There's Many a Slip 'twixt a Flip and a Flapjack, and One Is Enough to Put Hubby in the Soup
    Mrs. Waitaminnit -- the Woman Who Is Always Late
  29. 28. In Memoriam: Bill Blackbeard: The Man Who Saved Comics 1926-2011
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Krazy Kat
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
    Krazy Kat
  32. 31. [no title indexed]
    Krazy Kat
  33. 32. The Domestic Herriman: "Us Husbands"
  34. 33. [no title indexed]
    Us Husbands
  35. 34. The Ignatz Mouse Debaffler Page
  36. 35. A Kat Library, Sundays now complete
  37. 36. [Ah-h - wundafil "Maytime", with thy "butta-kups" ...]
    Krazy Kat
This issue was modified by
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steven Samuels
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Stangas