Krazy Kat - Classic Or Dud?

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Do you throw your brick in love or anger?

― Tom (Groke), Sunday, 28 November 2004 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Am I the only one who thinks it's a shame Fantagraphics isn't publishing the dailies along with the Sundays? (Or are they, in the later volumes I haven't been able to afford yet?)

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 28 November 2004 21:19 (twenty years ago)

I've come to realise that I have a blanket dislike of all newspaper strips, and therefore must conclude that Krazy Kat is DUD.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 28 November 2004 21:44 (twenty years ago)

I agree with Casuistry. Even though the Sunday strips are usually considered as the Klassik Krazy Kat, some of the daily strips are equally good.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Admittedly, I haven't read a lot of the daily strips - just the two or three books of them published in Finland.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:14 (twenty years ago)

When I say I'm in love, you'd best believe I'm in love, L-U-V. Classic.

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 28 November 2004 23:45 (twenty years ago)

i'm kind of baffled by it to be honest. i keep trying - i just borrowed one of the sunday year comps to try again - but its not working.

― bulbs (bulbs), Monday, 29 November 2004 00:36 (twenty years ago)

My tattoo is of the brick, in flight.

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 29 November 2004 07:11 (twenty years ago)

Am I the only one who thinks it's a shame Fantagraphics isn't publishing the dailies along with the Sundays? (Or are they, in the later volumes I haven't been able to afford yet?)

It's mainly because they picked up from where Eclipse went bust, and aimed to continue that series as such. Plus resources/expense/quality/sales vs. each other considerations. But there tend to be at least two other publishers banging out cheapjack daily collections at any given time to take up the slack.

― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 29 November 2004 08:24 (twenty years ago)

I've never seen a daily KK collection!

Also, I guess I am the anti-DV, with my general love of newspaper strips.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 29 November 2004 08:55 (twenty years ago)

I don't like the dailies as much - there isn't the space for the poetics, both verbal and visual - but I'd certainly buy any collections that came out.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 23:00 (twenty years ago)

Yes, but I think they create something of a context for the Sundays. I find the Sundays can be a bit overwhelming, and I like the dailies for creating space between the Sundays. If that makes sense.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:18 (twenty years ago)

fourteen years pass...

https://joel.franusic.com/krazy_kat/about/

Not only is this ingenious disposal of the tech, it bodes well for lots of future purposes. Somebody should invest some time/money.

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 4 July 2019 23:27 (six years ago)

That is so cool.

― Dan I., Friday, 5 July 2019 03:47 (six years ago)

six years pass...

There was a seller on ebay with a set of Fanta's run of Sunday softcover volumes, and we did a little do-si-do for a while but finally did a deal, and they arrived today. Heppy!

― Noob Layman (WmC), Monday, 10 November 2025 22:10 (five days ago)

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