Editing George Herriman (section)

==Personal life==

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Herriman was described as self-deprecatingly modest, and he disliked being photographed.{{sfn|Mostrom|2010}} The ''New York Journal-American''{{'}}s obituary described him as a devoted husband and father, of slight build, mild-mannered and an anonymous contributor to charities.{{sfnm|1a1=Sorel|1y=1992|1p=25|2a1=McDonnell|2a2=O'Connell|2a3=Havenon|2y=1986|2p=86}} He was generous to his friends, and sold his first Hollywood house, which he had bought for $50,000, to a friend for $40,000.{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=81}} Though a private person, he was said to be an entertaining host to his friends. He would sometimes stay silent during social occasions and would often leave the room to wash dishes, which he said he enjoyed as it gave him the opportunity to think. His favorite game was poker, which he particularly enjoyed playing with his fellow cartoonists.{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=37}}

Herriman had a great love of animals, and had a large number of dogs and cats;{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=81}} he had five dogs and thirteen cats in 1934.{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=50}} He usually kept to a vegetarian diet, except when it made him feel too weak, and he refused to ride horses. He so admired [[Henry Ford]]'s pacifist stance that he would only buy [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] automobiles. He purchased a new model annually.{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=86}}

Herriman married his childhood sweetheart Mabel Lillian Bridge in Los Angeles on July 7, 1902.{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=36}} They had two daughters: Mabel (1903-1962), nicknamed "Toodles" (later "Toots") and Barbara (1908-1939), nicknamed "Bobbie",{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=37}} who had [[epilepsy]]{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=81}} and died unexpectedly in 1939 at the age of 31.