Often viewed as one of comics' earliest masters, Krazy Kat's creator George Herriman was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1880, within spitting distance of the end of the American Civil War. However, in 1890, his family took a life-changing trip across the country to California. In the process, the Herriman family took advantage of the era's poor record-keeping and changed some of the facts surrounding their lives. These changes had a huge effect on young George; they opened up his future and gave the comic medium a true genius.
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