I remember reading both “The Katzenjammer Kids” and “The Captain and the Kids” back in the 50s (my Grandmother mailed us the Sunday comics of all the NYC papers) and wondering what was going on, but I didn’t find out until many years later.
The reason both lasted for so long: Dirks’ version ( Cap ‘n’ Kids) was quite good, but Harold Knerr’s (Katz) version was sensational. A riot of pacing and a beautiful fluid line.
davidf42 almost 9 years ago
I see how it’s worded at the top, “Original artist of the Katzenjammer Kids!”
VICTOR PROULX almost 9 years ago
65 years…fantastic.
pauljmsn almost 9 years ago
The Katzenjammer Kids strip is still running today, even though it’s a shell of its former self.
Fruno almost 9 years ago
I don’t even count today’s Katzies as the same strip. Actually, I don’t count today’s newspaper comics as comic strips.
John W Kennedy Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I remember reading both “The Katzenjammer Kids” and “The Captain and the Kids” back in the 50s (my Grandmother mailed us the Sunday comics of all the NYC papers) and wondering what was going on, but I didn’t find out until many years later.
MansellinDistress almost 9 years ago
The reason both lasted for so long: Dirks’ version ( Cap ‘n’ Kids) was quite good, but Harold Knerr’s (Katz) version was sensational. A riot of pacing and a beautiful fluid line.
Darryl Heine over 8 years ago
I didn’t know the Katzenjammer Kids (a/k/a The Captain and the Kids) ran in the Chicago Tribune back in the old days of newspapers and comics!