Krazy And Ignatz Hardcover Sketchbook 1910 1913

"As comic strip scholars well know, George Herriman's Krazy Kat strip made its debut as a pint-sized supplementary strip running below the Family Upstairs strip before emancipating itself to its own, long-running strip. What scholars are not aware of, however, is that as part of his work process, Herriman used to draw a complete, essentially finished version of each installment of the 'Family Upstairs' Krazy Kat in a sketchbook before carefully redrawing it as part of the daily Family Upstairs. Which means that there exist 'original' versions of hundred upon hundreds of Krazy Kat strips that have literally never been published anywhere... until now. This will also include a supplementary booklet containing an essay on Herriman, and a large sampling of the final, published Krazy Kat strips, allowing readers to compare and contrast with the original sketchbook version. "