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The Katzenjammer Kids was so popular that it became two competing comic strips and the subject of a lawsuit.
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Max and Moritz provided an inspiration for German immigrant Rudolph Dirks, who created the Katzenjammer Kids in 1897.
Hugely popular, Katzenjammer Kids occasioned one of the first comic-strip copyright ownership suits in the history of the medium.
In a highly unusual court decision, Hearst retained the rights to the name " Katzenjammer Kids ", while creator Dirks retained the rights to the characters.
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The Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip created by the German immigrant Rudolph Dirks and drawn by Harold H. Knerr for 37 years ( 1912 to 1949 ).
It featured the same characters seen in The Katzenjammer Kids, which was continued by Knerr.
The Katzenjammer Kids is still distributed by King Features, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication and the longest-running ever.
The Katzenjammer Kids was inspired by Max and Moritz, a children's story of the 1860s by German author Wilhelm Busch.
The Katzenjammer Kids ( three brothers in the first strip but soon reduced to two ) featured Hans and Fritz, twins who rebelled against authority, particularly in the form of their mother, Mama ; der Captain, a shipwrecked sailor who acted as a surrogate father ; and der Inspector, an official from the school system.
Dirks sued, and after a long legal battle, the Hearst papers were allowed to continue The Katzenjammer Kids, while Dirks was allowed to syndicate an almost identical strip of his own for the rival Pulitzer newspapers.
The Captain and the Kids was very similar to The Katzenjammer Kids in terms of content and characters, but Dirks had a looser and more verbal style than Knerr, who on the other hand often produced stronger, more direct gags and drawings.
The Captain and the Kids soon proved to equal the popularity of The Katzenjammer Kids.
It was later distributed by the United Feature Syndicate ( while Hearst's King Features distributed The Katzenjammer Kids ).
Knerr continued drawing The Katzenjammer Kids until his death in 1949 ; the strip was then written and drawn by Charles H. Winner ( 1949 – 56 ), with Joe Musial taking over in 1956.
Musial was replaced on The Katzenjammer Kids by Mike Senisch ( 1976 – 81 ) and Angelo DeCesare ( 1981 – 86 ).
The Katzenjammer Kids characters initially appeared outside of comics in a handful of live-action silent films, the first released in 1898.
Between December 1916 and August 1918, a total of 37 Katzenjammer Kids silent cartoon shorts were produced by William Randolph Hearst's own cartoon studio International Film Service, which adapted well-known comic strips owned by Hearst for animation.
All Katzenjammer Kids / Shenanigan Kids cartoons from International Film Services were directed ( and most likely also animated ) by Gregory La Cava.
In addition, the Katzenjammer Kids had cameo roles ( along with a lot of other King Features comic strip stars ) in Filmation's TV special Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter ( 1972 ).
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Max and Moritz, for instance, was an inspiration for the Katzenjammer Kids.
In 1987, when he was 14 years old, Homme formed a heavy metal band with school mates John Garcia and Brant Bjork in Palm Desert called Sons of Kyuss ( originally known as Katzenjammer, and then as Sons of Kyuss, which was then shortened to Kyuss after the release of their eponymous EP ).
Verbeek's first strip was Easy Papa, a fairly conventional strip about two mischievous kids and their father, similar to the highly popular contemporary strip The Katzenjammer Kids, which ran in a competing newspaper.
He was influenced by Otto Messmer's Felix the Cat, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland, Frederick Burr Opper's Happy Hooligan, Rudolph Dirks's the Katzenjammer Kids, and Barks and Gottfredson's Disney adaptations.
Her first major role was Fran Katzenjammer in the sitcom Black Books, which ran for three series from 2000.
The Captain and the Kids was distributed by United Feature Syndicate while King Features Syndicate handled The Katzenjammer Kids.
The success of The Katzenjammer Kids was due to more than just lucky circumstances.
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To Freleng's chagrin, he found he would be working on The Captain and the Kids, adapted from the popular comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids.
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Tamsin Margaret M. Greig (; born 12 July 1966 ) is an English actress principally known for her roles in two Channel 4 television comedies: Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books and Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing.
On May 16, 1926, Harold Knerr began Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph, a topper to The Katzenjammer Kids, which ran until two years after his death.
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* The Katzenjammer Kids is also published as an annual comic book in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Most readers preferred the slapstick antics of such strips as Katzenjammer Kids, Happy Hooligan, and Buster Brown to the surreal fantasy of Nemo, and other comic strips like Krazy Kat.
Many familiar with comic strip history consider it to have been the direct inspiration for the Katzenjammer Kids and Quick & Flupke.
* Rollo Rhubarb, the teacher's pet and foil to Hans and Fritz in The Katzenjammer Kids comic strip by Harold Knerr
He created an animated adaptation of the comic book series The Katzenjammer Kids which he re-titled The Captain & The Kids.
Unlike most comic strip children ( like the Katzenjammer Kids or Little Orphan Annie ) he did not remain a baby or even a little boy for long.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, King Features Syndicate marketed a set of decalcomanias bearing full-color pictures of characters from King Features comic strips, including Flash Gordon, the Katzenjammer Kids and Dagwood Bumstead.
During 1938 – 39, he served as a senior director on MGM's Captain and the Kids series, based upon the comic strip of the same name ( an alternate version of the Katzenjammer Kids that had resulted from a 1914 lawsuit ).
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With 11, 000 subscribers by June 2010, more vintage strips were added to DailyINK, including Barney Google, Beetle Bailey, Big Ben Bolt, Brick Bradford, The Heart of Juliet Jones, Jackys Diary, The Katzenjammer Kids, Little Iodine, Mandrake the Magician, Office Hours, Quincy and Radio Patrol.
Hy Eisman ( b. March 27, 1927 ) is an American cartoonist who wrote and drew the Sunday strips The Katzenjammer Kids and Popeye.
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