Krazy Kat: A Century Later

An immersive, surreal, and dang funny comic strip

Gary Chapin
Books Are Our Superpower
3 min readApr 2, 2021

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Krazy & Ignatz 1919–1921 (Fantagraphic Books)

When I was a kid, “one hundred years ago” meant the post-Civil War era. Today, “one hundred years ago” means the post-World War One era. Both seem impossibly far away, alien times. As L. P. Hartley wrote, “The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.”

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Poet. Humorist. Storyteller. MuddyUm editor. I write. I have always written. I play accordion. I have an extraordinary ability to be fascinated by things.