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George Herriman

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The Resume

    (August 22, 1880-April 25, 1944)
    Best known for creating comic strip 'Krazy Kat'

Why he might be annoying:

    He denied his black and Native American heritage and passed as a white man; his co-workers assumed that he was of Greek descent.
    To keep up this charade, he always wore a hat to hide his slightly curly hair.
    He had at least a dozen comic strips that failed before he had success with 'Krazy Kat.'
    Critics of 'Krazy Kat' claimed that it didn't make sense; some newspapers refused to carry it.
    The strip had more of a cult following than true mainstream success.
    The strip could sometimes be violent and homophobic.
    He owned over a dozen cats and dogs.

Why he might not be annoying:

    'Krazy Kat' had ran nationwide for almost thirty years.
    Many consider the strip a sublimely brilliant social commentary on race and gender.
    It was one of William Randolph Hearst's favorite comic strips.
    Herriman also did the illustrations for the 'Archy and Mehitabel' books by writer Don Marquis.
    He lost his wife and youngest daughter within a five-year span.
    His parents moved their family from New Orleans to Los Angeles to escape the South's racist laws.
    He passed for white in defiance of the racist and lame 'one-drop' rules of the United States.

Credit: Xer


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 65 Votes: 49.23% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 114 Votes: 57.02% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying