Author Topic: Uhhh is there a complete Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse collection? (Read 1075 times)

Himu · « **on:** November 18, 2008, 05:43:10 PM »

Because that'd rock. I'm looking through amazon here, looking for a potential Xmas gift, and all I see are random collections but nothing complete. I guess asking for something like that is going overboard, considering how long it lasted no?

Eric P · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2008, 05:50:12 PM »

the chris ware designed fantagraphics books are good

you may want to look into the older out of print Kitchen Sink editions.

i recall liking them, but not as much as the fantagraphics ones

Himu · « **Reply #2 on:** November 18, 2008, 05:51:01 PM »

What are the fantagraphic books?

Eric P · « **Reply #3 on:** November 18, 2008, 05:56:43 PM »

the current publisher of the Krazy Kat collections

http://www.amazon.com/Krazy-Ignatz-1925-1926-Furfur-waay/dp/1560973862/ref=pd_sim_b_2

TVC15 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:40:16 PM »

The comic started in 1913 and ended in 44 according to wiki. Are all the volumes not out yet?

Ergh, my bad. Amazon just fucked up on the page listing all the volumes. It only lists the volumes from the 20s to 1941. The other volumes are out, just not on that page.

EDIT 2: There *is* only 1 volume of pre-1925 stuff :-/ that's a decade of missing strips.

Eric P · « **Reply #5 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:47:41 PM »

i can't imagine trying to find good sources for all of those strips was a fun job.

TVC15 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:50:44 PM »

One of the reviews says this:

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Numerous publishing companies have attempted to reprint the strip. Unfortunately, the undertaking seems somewhat cursed (much akin to the "Don Quixote" legend in the world of film). Eclipse attempted to reprint all of the Krazy Kat Sunday pages. They made it to 1924 and then aborted the series. Some time after Fantagraphics picked up where Eclipse dropped off.

So apparently Eclipse did print the old shit, it's just out of print (and not even listed on Amazon, which is odd).

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #7 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:52:41 PM »

buy the fanta popeye hardcovers

they are awesome

popeye is kind of a mean fucker

Eric P · « **Reply #8 on:** November 18, 2008, 06:55:11 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on November 18, 2008, 06:50:44 PM

One of the reviews says this:

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Numerous publishing companies have attempted to reprint the strip. Unfortunately, the undertaking seems somewhat cursed (much akin to the "Don Quixote" legend in the world of film). Eclipse attempted to reprint all of the Krazy Kat Sunday pages. They made it to 1924 and then aborted the series. Some time after Fantagraphics picked up where Eclipse dropped off.

So apparently Eclipse did print the old shit, it's just out of print (and not even listed on Amazon, which is odd).

i thought it was one of Dennis Kitchen's pet projects as well. maybe he just sold them. i dunno. it was a while ago.

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buy the fanta popeye hardcovers

they are awesome

popeye is kind of a mean fucker

thimble theater is the absolute shit.

as is Annie.

TVC15 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 19, 2008, 01:42:16 AM »

Because of this thread, I bought all those Krazy Kat volumes AND the complete Calvin and Hobbes, which I had been putting off.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #10 on:** November 19, 2008, 02:17:31 AM »

but no popeye

smh arf arf

TVC15 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 19, 2008, 02:20:11 AM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on November 19, 2008, 02:17:31 AM

but no popeye

smh arf arf

You made that post after I had already gone out to buy shit. Plus, no offense, I can't see myself liking Popeye. The current comic strip is terrible anb Popeye cartoons were always my least favorite and omg that terrible live action version.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #12 on:** November 19, 2008, 02:28:22 AM »

ec segar popeye is nothing, and i mean nothing, like the cartoons or the current comic strip (which changed after segar died, to reflect the tone of the cartoons)

it is a comedy-adventure strip with some sly social commentary

popeye is kind of an asshole who starts fights for no real reason a lot of the time

plus, no spinach

TVC15 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 19, 2008, 02:35:21 AM »

Really? No spinach? I never knew. I'm going to see if I can hunt some of these down online to see if they fit my tastes.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #14 on:** November 19, 2008, 09:21:05 AM »

well, there's a little spinach later on, but it isn't really used in the way they used it in the cartoons

Eric P · « **Reply #15 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:09:12 AM »

it's radically different

Himu · « **Reply #16 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:52:49 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on November 19, 2008, 01:42:16 AM

Because of this thread, I bought all those Krazy Kat volumes AND the complete Calvin and Hobbes, which I had been putting off.

himu-chan

How much did all those Krazy Kat volumes total up to?

Himu · « **Reply #17 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:57:05 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on November 19, 2008, 02:35:21 AM

Really? No spinach? I never knew. I'm going to see if I can hunt some of these down online to see if they fit my tastes.

Oh please. Popeye fights random Mexicans in the old cartoons! Some of those cartoons are classics!

Let's look at the facts:

1. Popeye makes a whale into his own boat.

2. Popeye beats up any Mexican that looks at him the wrong way.

3. Look at that drinking contest. LOOK AT IT.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #18 on:** November 19, 2008, 12:08:50 PM »

the first few years of the popeye cartoon are great, and capture a little bit of the spirit of the comic strip

at the beginning he is sort of a mean fucker in those, too

it started to go downhill in the WWII years

Eric P · « **Reply #19 on:** November 19, 2008, 12:43:11 PM »

they changed studios, didn't they?

i need to get the complete milton caniff books as well

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #20 on:** November 19, 2008, 01:14:56 PM »

yeah, the fleischers were bought out by a company which evolved into famous studios, which put out those awful popeye cartoons from the late 40s and into the 1950s - you know, the ones with the ugly nephews who all looked like midget popeyes

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Author Topic: Uhhh is there a complete Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse collection? (Read 1075 times)