Page "George Herriman" Paragraph 7

He made an appearance in The Bookmans November issue, an honor only the top cartoonists could achieve.

He wrote of his professional self-deprecatingly, whil poet La Touche Hancock, in an article titled " The American Comic and Caricature Art " in that issue, commented, " Art and poetry is the characteristic of George Herriman.

Were his drawings not so well known one would think he had mistaken his vocation.

" His work was increasing in popularity, and he occasionally had front-page, full-color strips for the Pulitzer supplements, such as Two Jolly Jackies, about two unemployed sailors, which began 11 January 1903.

He began doing the cowboy strip, Lariat Pete, 6 September 1903 for the McClure syndicate after Two Jolly Jackies came to an end.