Editing George Herriman (section)

==Reception and legacy==

[[File:E. E. Cummings NYWTS.jpg|right|thumb|upright|alt=A black and white photograph of a man in late middle-age wearing a dark cowboy hat, white shirt, tie, gray jacket, scarf and gray trousers. He faces left and his left hand is in his trouser pocket.|{{not a typo|[[E.&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Cummings]]}} wrote the introduction to the first ''Krazy Kat'' book in 1946.]]

''Krazy Kat'' was popular with intellectuals, artists and critics,{{sfn|Kramer|1982}}{{efn|Writers and artists such as [[T.&nbsp;S. Eliot]],{{sfnm|1a1=Sabin|1y=2002|2a1=Mostrom|2y=2010}} [[Pablo Picasso]],{{sfn|Sabin|2002}} [[Gertrude Stein]]{{sfn|Mostrom|2010}} [[Joan Miró]], [[Jack Kerouac]], {{not a typo|[[E.&nbsp;E. Cummings]]}},{{sfn|Heer|2010|p=10}} [[Fritz Lang]]{{sfn|Siegel|2004}} and [[Umberto Eco]]{{sfnm|1a1=Heer|1y=2010|1p=10|2a1=Ito|2y=2003|2p=94}} expressed their love of ''Krazy Kat''.}} and in the 1920s Herriman's modernist touches received praise.{{sfn|Anderson|1999|p=147}} In 1921, composer John Alden Carpenter, who had long been an admirer of Herriman's work, approached him to collaborate on a ''Krazy Kat'' ballet.{{sfn|Pollack|2001|p=191}} President [[Woodrow Wilson]] refused to miss any installment of ''Krazy Kat'', and would take it into cabinet meetings.{{sfnm|1a1=Marschall|1y=1997|1p=109|2a1=Tompkins|2y=1996|2p=371}}

Writer [[E.&nbsp;B. White]] praised Herriman's illustrations for ''Archy and Mehitabel''.{{sfn|McDonnell|O'Connell|Havenon|1986|p=80}} Cartoonist [[Edward Sorel]] wrote that ''Krazy Kat''{{'}}s lack of popularity later in its run was largely due to Hearst's editorial policies, in that the "[[Low culture|lowbrow]]" readership at whom he aimed his papers was unlikely to appreciate Herriman's style of work, though Hearst personally championed the strip.{{sfn|Sorel|1992|p=24}} Following Herriman's death, the strip was discontinued, unlike most popular strips which were continued by other cartoonists after their creators' deaths. His stature was such that decades after his death, his work was displayed in art galleries.{{sfnm|1a1=Kramer|1y=1982|2a1=Boxer|2y=2006}}

Critics found Herriman's work difficult to classify and contextualize; Seldes, {{not a typo|[[E.&nbsp;E. Cummings]]}}, and writers [[Adam Gopnik]] and [[Robert Warshow]] were among critics who tempered their enthusiasm for the strip with qualifications about its perceived naïveté and its "lowbrow" origins on the comic strip page.{{sfn|Anderson|1999|pp=147–149}}

The strip has had a lasting influence on a large number of cartoonists. ''[[Mutts (comic strip)|Mutts]]'' creator Patrick McDonnell calls ''Krazy Kat'' one of his foremost influences,{{sfn|McDonnell|2007|p=6}} and is co-author of ''Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman'' (1986).{{sfn|Heer|2010|p=10}} [[Will Eisner]]{{sfn|Lundy|2011}} discovered Herriman's comics when he was selling newspapers in the 1930s and called ''Krazy Kat'' "the big strong influence" on his own work.{{sfn|Kaplan|2008|p=38}} [[Art Spiegelman]] called Herriman one of his "conscious influences".{{sfn|Jacobowitz|2007|p=154}} Herriman's widespread influence on American {{not a typo|[[underground comix]]}},{{sfn|Estren|1974|pp=28, 30–31}} particularly his shape-shifting, [[Psychedelia|psychedelic]] backgrounds, lack of respect for convention and his irreverence, is evident in the work of [[Robert Crumb]],{{sfnm|1a1=Estren|1y=1974|1pp=30–31|2a1=Hignite|2y=2006|2p=20}} [[Denis Kitchen]], and [[Bobby London]].{{sfn|Estren|1974|pp=28, 30–31}} Journalist Paul Krassner called Crumb "the illegitimate offspring of ''Krazy Kat''".{{sfn|Estren|1974|p=30}} Cartoonist [[Chris Ware]] was so taken with Herriman's work he made a pilgrimage to Monument Valley to see the desert landscapes that inspired much of Herriman's art.{{sfn|Heer|2010|p=3}}

{{quote box|I always thought if I could do something as good as ''Krazy Kat'', I would be happy. ''Krazy Kat'' was always my goal.|--[[Charles M. Schulz]] in 1967{{sfn|Harrington Hall|2000|p=55}}|width=30em|align=left}}

''Krazy Kat'' was a primary influence on other cartoonists such as [[Charles M. Schulz]] of ''[[Peanuts]]'',{{sfn|Harrington Hall|2000|p=55}} [[Bill Watterson]] of ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'',{{sfnm|1a1=McGavran|1y=1998|1p=6|2a1=Watterson|2y=1995|2p=|3a1=Martell|3y=2009|3p=71}} and the Italian [[Massimo Mattioli]].{{sfn|Healey|1998|p=358}} [[Walt Kelly]] paid homage to Herriman in some of his ''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'' strips.{{sfn|Estren|1974|p=30}} [[Dr. Seuss]] expressed fondness for ''Krazy Kat'',{{sfn|Nel|2003|p=70}} and children's literature scholar [[Philip Nel]] has detected Herriman's influence in Seuss's works, especially in his zig-zagging, Coconino County-like backgrounds.{{sfn|Nel|2003|pp=72, 76}} Multimedia artist [[Öyvind Fahlström]] appropriated ''Krazy Kat'' in a series of works from 1963 to 1965.{{sfn|Collins|1991|p=220}} [[Jay Cantor]] published a [[Postmodern literature|postmodern novel]] in 1987 called ''Krazy Kat: A Novel in Five Panels'', in which the retired Krazy and Ignatz contemplate a comeback in a post-atomic world.{{sfn|Collins|1994|pp=119–120}}

Since 1997, the [[Small Press Expo]] has held the annual [[Ignatz Award]]s in honor of Herriman's mouse from ''Krazy Kat''. It recognizes talent in independent comics publishing.{{sfn|Gabilliet|Beaty|Nguyen|2010|pp=253–245}} ''Krazy Kat'' was ranked first on ''The Comics Journal''{{'}}s list of the greatest comics of the twentieth century.{{sfn|Ito|2003|p=94}} The [[Society of Illustrators]] inducted Herriman into its Hall of Fame in 2013.{{sfn|Gardner|2013}}