George Herriman

Nacimiento : 1880-08-22, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Muerte : 1944-04-26

Películas

Golf Chumps
Characters
Krazy Kat and Kitty go golfing, pursued by people who want to play through.
Hot Dogs On Ice
Characters
A comic interactions of "hot-dog" ice skaters on a frozen lake or river, and an Italian pushcart vendor who sells hot dogs to the ice skaters. A smart-aleck, larcenous skater tries to swipe a hot dog in a skate-by of the pushcart, resulting in a spinning amalgam of skaters and a long string of links. Other antics ensue on and under the ice.
Gym Jams
Characters
Krazy Kat runs a gymnasium where out-of-shape folks go through the slimming and fit routines of the era, usually involving machinery or high-pressure steam.
Krazy's Travel Squawks
Characters
Krazy Kat steers his magic carpet to three exotic locations while declaiming in the style of a radio announcer. The locales are the North Pole, Holland, and somewhere in Equatorial Africa.
Krazy Magic
Characters
On a dark and stormy night, Krazy and his girlfriend seek shelter in an old abandoned house –- the domain of "The Great Hindini." Completely bizarre goings-on ensue! Lots of weird concepts and surreal gags a la Fleischer Studios' "Bimbo's Initiation" - this is truly a nightmare-flavored cartoon that really pulls all the stops.
Little Buckaroo
Characters
Cowboy Krazy Kat battles a western-style bad guy, while a native American tries to help.
Sad Little Guinea Pigs
Characters
A scientist doses three guinea pigs with three different tonics, which cause cartoon drunkenness in the subjects.
The Masque Raid
Characters
Krazy Kat is a night watchman at the Colossal Costume Co. during a fierce rain and lightning storm. Inside, there's a lineup of apparent wax museum-type characters with costumes. Thinking that he hears a disturbance, Krazy takes his dog and flashlight and tours the place. All appears OK, so Krazy Kat and his dog go back to their table-and-chair "post," where they both take a nap, and then Krazy Kat has a dream.
Krazy's Race of Time
Characters
Krazy is sent on a mission to explore planet Mars.
The Lyin' Hunter
Characters
Krazy Kat takes on all the animals in the jungle- until he stops dreaming. Then reality sets in, and real animals start chasing him.
The Merry Cafe
Writer
A musical extravaganza centered around Depression-struck Krazy Kat trying to cadge a free meal in an automat (The Eato-Mat Restaurant)
Krazy's Newsreel
Characters
Poking fun at current newsreels, Krazy narrates nonsensical current happenings.
Highway Snobbery
Characters
Krazy is driving a bus full of passengers, and then a pig driver starts causing him a lot of problems.
Kannibal Kapers
Creator
Krazy is floating on the ocean when a fish flips her onto a small island, inhabited by cannibals in this mediocre cartoon, filled with good music and outdated, offensive images.
The King's Jester
Characters
The King hasn't laughed in a long time. He's looking for a new jester, Krazy Kat goes to the Palace to apply for the position. He also takes a shine to the Princess -- looking like Kitty in a blonde wig -- and she to him. But can the two end up together when earlier applicants failed and then dragged off to the headsman?
Goofy Gondolas
Characters
Krazy Kat is a gondolier in Venice, Italy, so he sings "Santa Lucia." As he and his fellow gondolieri travel through the canals, it turns out everyone sings opera, even the cats and dogs.
The Trapeze Artist
Characters
Krazy Kat takes a girl to the circus. She is swept off her feet by the man on the flying trapeze. Krazy gets jealous and injures the dashing young man. He ends up in court, pleading his case.
Masquerade Party
Characters
Krazy Kat and Kitty throw a masquerade party.
Busy Bus
Characters
Krazy Kat drives a bus, hijinks ensure.
Cinder Alley
Characters
Krazy Kat lives in a ramshackle house. He wakes up and takes an outdoor shower. Then he steals a wheel from a baby buggy and makes a soapbox racer with a lawnmower attached. He proceeds to damage some lawns. Krazy meets up with his girlfriend, who lives in a huge mansion.
Tom Thumb
Characters
Krazy Kat and his girlfriend are surrounded by their insect friends. After they dance around the forest, Krazy's girlfriend gets kidnapped, but is rescued by Krazy Kat and the insects.
The Curio Shop
Characters
Krazy Kat and his girlfriend admire a vase in a Chinese curio shop window. The scene changes to reveal the story behind the vase.
Stage Krazy
Characters
A variety show. Krazy Kat plays 12th Street Rag.
Krazy Spooks
Comic Book
On a stormy, windy night, Krazy's car breaks down so he and Kitty must seek refuge in an eerie old house. Happy the pup finds a skeleton, but the really scary resident is a huge, violent gorilla that runs off with Kitty, and Krazy must rescue her.
Antique Antics
Creator
Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon released June 14, 1933.
House Cleaning
Characters
Krazy Kat helps clean his girlfriend's home.
Bunnies And Bonnets
Characters
It's Easter, and Krazy Kat is selling hot cross buns, while Kitty is painting eggs using an assembly line of hens and rabbits. Then it's time to put on their finest and go to Church.
Wooden Shoes
Characters
Krazy Kat and his girlfriend are little Dutch people in Holland and Dutch stuff. Krazy later saves the town.
The Medicine Show
Creator
Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon released February 7, 1933.
Wedding Bells
Characters
Krazy weds his longtime girlfriend.
Snow Time
Characters
It's a snowy day, Krazy Kat takes a sled over to Kitty's house to invite her to go skating.
Light House Keeping
Writer
Krazy Kat runs his own lighthouse and when rough seas take over, he has to save a damsel in distress.
Paper Hanger
Characters
Krazy Kat is headed over to Kitty's house to hang wallpaper. He has the assistance of his dog and the animated objects like ladders, but will they help or hinder?
Hic-Cups The Champ
Characters
Bed-ridden Krazy is sick with the hiccoughs. When his doctor tries to scare the hiccoughs out of the feline, he gives him a powerful medicine that send Krazy into dreamland. Krazy then dreams that he's the reigning hiccough champion of the world.
Ritzy Hotel
Characters
Krazy Kat encounters many wild events as a bellboy in a large hotel.
Soldier Old Man
Characters
Krazy's in an all-out war with the residents of a retired soldiers' home. In the beginning, he's doing very well as a creative caregiver, but when the residents are clamoring for their soup and Krazy trips and spills it, the incident escalates into a wild battle, with everything and anything used as weapons.
The Restless Sax
Creator
Krazy sends off for mail-order music lessons; he gets back a saxophone and an instruction book (we actually follow the mail going both ways) . His first attempts are so bad the saxophone tears up his diploma. He pours honey into the sax, and it improves, barely. Using his new talent, Krazy is rejected in turn by his goldfish, a street band, all the houses in a neighborhood (even the outhouse leaves, holding its nose), a saloon, and finally a woman drawing water from a well.
Svengarlic
Creator
Svengarlic is a short animated film distributed by Columbia Pictures, and one of the many cartoons featuring the comic strip character Krazy Kat.
Soda Poppa
Creator
Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon released May 29, 1931.
Rodeo Dough
Comic Book
This was a Krazy Kat cartoon made for Charles Mintz and distributed by Columbia. While the studio originally based the character on the comic strip created by George Herriman, by 1931 he was changed in design and personality to be more like Walt Disney's popular Mickey Mouse (whose cartoons, ironically, were also distributed by Columbia at the time).
Jazz Rhythm
Creator
Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon released June 19, 1930. A parade of various animals leads piano-playing Krazy and his likewise opponent, a Lion, to a large, crowded arena where they square off in the boxing ring to play a musical duel.
An Old Flame
Writer
An Old Flame is a 1930 Krazy Kat short directed by Manny Gould and Ben Harrison.
Desert Sunk
Writer
Riding a camel through the desert, Krazy Kat and his Minnie-Mouse lookalike girlfriend are spotted by one of the sultan's men, who kidnaps the girl for his boss's harem.
Slow Beau
Creator
An old-time Mississippi paddle-wheel showboat docks, and Krazy tries to serenade the girl that's the star attraction, but he has a hippo-faced rival. When the programme commences, She sings a long song with many gestures, though the song is a lot of holding long notes. Krazy and his rival are in balconies on either side of the stage. When her performance stops, Hippo guy does a dance, but Krazy sees to it he loses his trousers. Krazy then puts on a dance of his own, but slips up on banana skins. The audience pelts him with vegetables, shoes and irons.
Spookeasy
Writer
While tracking a pair of footprints, Krazy Kat walks through a spooky midnight landscape where trees, birds and clock towers play music. Then rain and lightning storms roll in. He gets into a scary house where the furniture starts attacking him, and a ghost grabs him and takes him to underground rooms where more ghosts sing and dance and get Krazy to join them.
Farm Relief
Creator
An impromptu speakeasy sets up on Krazy's farm, and in no time, all the animals are drunk, and Krazy himself is so soused that he attempts to milk (an apparently male) donkey.
The New Champ
Story
A Krazy Kat Cartoon.
Searching for Santa!
Story
Krazy Kat is babysitting. The obnoxious whippersnapper can not be consoled and expresses his wish for Santa Claus. Krazy Kat decides to go to the North Pole to find him.
The Great Cheese Robbery
Writer
Krazy Kat gets falsely arrested for cheese burglaries.
A Grid-Iron Hero
Writer
Krazy Kat cartoon short
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus
Director
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse go to the circus and have some fun at the expense of a spectator.
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus
Characters
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse go to the circus and have some fun at the expense of a spectator.
Krazy Kat, Bugologist
Graphic Novel Illustrator
Krazy Kat and Ignatz set out for the wilds on Krazy's bike; Krazy's promises to teach Ignatz about bugology. After crashing the bike into a tree, they come upon a bee (Krazy says it's sleeping, Ignatz says it's dead) and an elephant. Krazy works his magic on one of them, Ignatz on the other.
A Duet
Director
Krazy is at his house reading a magazine. Ignatz comes in and goes inside a jar of jam. Krazy is aware of this, and tries to get the rodent out of the jar. After getting bitten in the paws, he decides to discard the container, along with Ignatz.
A Duet
Writer
Krazy is at his house reading a magazine. Ignatz comes in and goes inside a jar of jam. Krazy is aware of this, and tries to get the rodent out of the jar. After getting bitten in the paws, he decides to discard the container, along with Ignatz.
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing
Director
Krazy Kat tries to serenade Ignatz Mouse.
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing
Characters
Krazy Kat tries to serenade Ignatz Mouse.