George Herriman's Krazy Kat (
previously,
previouslier) has been animated several times: in 1916 under the aegis of William Randolph Hearst a series of at least ten shorts was made, including "
Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing," "
Krazy Kat Bugologist," and "
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus." By 1930, under the control of Charles B. Mintz Krazy Kat had lost much of the Kat's own look, and had become, in films like "
Alaskan Knights," a knockoff of Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse. In the 1960s, Gene Deitch's
Krazy Kat series got back to the original look of the Kat, but animation quality was poor, and the Kat was—GASP!—made explicitly female. In 1996, director Derek Mogford gave Krazy the stop motion treatment in a well-made short that's meant to be
an introduction to Herriman's kooky love triangle of Kat, Mouse, and Pup.
posted by ocherdraco
on Jun 12, 2009 -
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