George Herriman (2 Points)

 Herriman's work is charming, and takes what Winsor McCay invented, and polishes the technique. From what I can tell from the two Krazy Kat animations, the characters are now separated from their backgrounds, giving the animators the ability to reuse and loop animations, unlike in McCay's work, where he had to instead play it forwards and backwards as a result. As for the comics, unfortunately, they were inaccessible from the weekly assignment page (404), but I was able to find some bits online. One strip that greatly intrigued me was the one where the mouse was telling her kids to accept Krazy into their family, and the children asking whether to refer to Krazy as aunt or uncle, which the mouse replies, 'Suit Yourself'. I think I vaguely recall Dr. Steiling mentioning that Krazy's gender changes throughout the comic. I would love in the future get a better opportunity to read more about this, as well as the comic as a whole. From the little I read, the characters are quite charming! Back to the animations one more time, comparing the 1927 animation to the 1931 animation, there was not only a leap in quality, but also some mimicry. I have seen some merry melodies and older Mickey Mouse animations, and I felt like Weenie Roast definitely took some heavy inspiration. The two leads are two cats (instead of mice), one being a girl and a boy (like Minnie and Mickey). They perform a musical number and dance about before the female character gets into trouble, and the boy has to save her, or at least, try to do so, which felt very familiar when comparing the two. 

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