tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post8606809116888501291..comments2024-01-01T21:31:27.654-08:00Comments on UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNER: TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF GEORGE HERRIMAN'S STYLEEddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-49532510006685605852012-01-07T23:09:18.443-08:002012-01-07T23:09:18.443-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eddie Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-18758923655733431342012-01-07T23:08:08.328-08:002012-01-07T23:08:08.328-08:00Mush: A book on Baron Bean!!!??? That's great!...Mush: A book on Baron Bean!!!??? That's great! There may be a couple of digital books about Herriman's early work, but I they might require an app that only works on the iPad. <br /><br />Shawn: Thanks!<br /><br />Anon: Aaaargh! It's frustrating to get that kind of anonymous compliment. Holy Cow, you're not Johnny Depp are you? Romney? Obama? Angelena Joli?<br />By any chance do you work for John Beresford Tipton!????Eddie Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-68563371952458431122012-01-07T19:37:43.326-08:002012-01-07T19:37:43.326-08:00Just a quick anonymous thank you Eddie! This site...Just a quick anonymous thank you Eddie! This site has been one of my favorite secret-hideouts on the internet for years now. You've built something great here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-49217672121873732412012-01-07T12:01:28.387-08:002012-01-07T12:01:28.387-08:00I prefer the 1907 style as well. Perhaps his style...I prefer the 1907 style as well. Perhaps his style kept changing because he really loved a wide variety of cartooning styles and had a hard time deciding on a style he liked best. Or, perhaps, he was struggling to get away from the influences of the other popular cartoonists before he could confidently settle on his own style. I have to wonder though why he went from his 1907 style to the final Krazy Kats style. Perhaps he felt it was more economical and far enough removed form everyone else's styles. Great post, Eddie.Shawn Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01639620554856725330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-43363879472907758372012-01-06T22:32:20.367-08:002012-01-06T22:32:20.367-08:00I think there's a book coming out soon on Herr...I think there's a book coming out soon on Herriman's strips with humans, like Baron Bean<br />Fantastic post as usual, Eddie. Herriman is one of my favorite artists, but I never knew how long it took him to get "his" style.The Mushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918771150165533575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-13399059663468138372012-01-06T08:48:08.617-08:002012-01-06T08:48:08.617-08:00Brubaker, Stephen: Mutts is definitely a classier ...Brubaker, Stephen: Mutts is definitely a classier strip than most, though I get mad at the artist for not doing more backgrounds, at least in his Sunday pages. <br /><br /> Stephen was right when he made the point about artists influencing other artists. The Mutts artist would have been even better if he'd had the advantage of working in the kind of competitive environment that prevailed in the early 20th Century.<br /><br />Lots of current artists work way beneath capacity because the standards are so low.<br /><br />Roberto: Good idea!Eddie Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-12909586017173722552012-01-06T06:31:53.048-08:002012-01-06T06:31:53.048-08:00Great post, Eddie. I have a weird theory of my own...Great post, Eddie. I have a weird theory of my own: if we had 10-15 years of print cartoons this fun and experimental again, then down the road the effects would rub off on animated cartoons. It's interesting as well how many different strip ideas Herriman toyed with (not to mention all the topical/political cartooning) before settling on Krazy. That's quite diffferent from the later model of getting one strip/group of characters syndicated ASAP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-63084012053963813902012-01-06T02:56:48.806-08:002012-01-06T02:56:48.806-08:00Cool post! Could you do one of these on Carl Bark&...Cool post! Could you do one of these on Carl Bark's or Floyd Gottfredson's style. Those are also two of my favorite print cartoonists, besides George Herriman. I wanna know how they evolved to have such distinctive styles too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-87472106866267620032012-01-06T00:40:24.903-08:002012-01-06T00:40:24.903-08:00Out of curiosity, are you familiar with a strip ca...Out of curiosity, are you familiar with a strip called "Mutts" by Patrick McDonnell? It's done in classical style and the creator is heavily influenced by Herriman (he even wrote a book about "Krazy Kat" several years before he started the strip).<br /><br />I love the art, but unfortunately most papers print the strip in tiny size so the details can get lost. Thankfully there are book collections of the strip printed in reasonable size.<br /><br />The art style went through changes over the years. The early strips were rather crudely drawn and the characters weren't as fleshed out yet, but it gradually began taking shape after a couple years. The strip began in 1994, BTW.Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741995395720022279noreply@blogger.com