Re: MJJG “Krazy Kat was not conceived, not born, it jes' grew”

[Joe Allonby]

My favorite class at Tufts (Literature and Madness) was taught by J Cantor

.https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/24/books/refusing-to-be-a-pussycat.html





On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 1:44 PM David Elliott via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

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> “Krazy Katwas not conceived, not born, it jes' grew” ~ George Herriman
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> A couple of sources mentionthat quote. I’ll post a link below.
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> Shortly before someone firstbrought up the idea of the Mumbo Jumbo read, I
> purchased the 2016 bio “Krazy:The Black and White World of George Herriman”
> by Michael Tisserand. I stillhaven’t read it. I had assumed Herriman got
> “jes’ grew” from James WeldonJohnson but do not see his name in the index.
> “Jes Grew” is also not in theindex. Ishmael Reed and “Mumbo Jumbo” get a
> brief mention. I don’t know when orfrom what interview Herriman made that
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> I’m following the MJJGread. Like a few others, I went ahead and finished
> and started over to followalong. I might start the Herriman bio while still
> reading MJ. I’m also reading theFantagraphics Krazy and Ignatz series.
> “Listen, I came up in Temecula,which is Krazy Kat Kountry, where you
> always root for Ignatz and not OffisaPup.”Everyone here knows KrazyKat is
> referenced in Inherent Vice. There is a Krazy Kat comic on Doc’s fridgein
> the movie.
> www.villagevoice.com/2020/11/16/still-krazy-after-all-these-years/
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> Still Krazy After All These Years | The Village Voice
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> “No less than Charlie Chaplin, its only pop rival for the affection of
> Jazz Age aesthetes, Krazy Kat synthesized...
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