Reprinted for the very first time, these century-old strips comprise a key
early work from the creator of Krazy Kat, perhaps the most lauded cartoonist of
all time.
This book concludes a three-volume LOAC Essentials sub-series
by presenting the final year of Baron Bean, one of Herriman's richest and
funniest creations, second only to Krazy Kat, whose citizens would occasionally
grace these panels.
Herriman found few themes as fascinating as the power
of titles and the ways in which worth in society is determined based on a hat, a
name, or the color of one's skin. Each day he gives reason to question not
only the superiority of would-be "Barons" over their vassals and
retainers, but equally the superiority of so-called "humans" over
the animals they call "pets."
