I've read almost every one of George Harriman's original comics, which run the gamut between Krazy's unrequited love for the (Married) Ignatz Mouse, to the kat's pronunciation of words, to the kat's views of the world, to topical humour of the day, and almost everything that could be imagined in between. These comics were created between 1910-1929 and you can definitely see the time period euphemisms in each comic.
30 odd years later, King Features comes along and decides that it's time to bring Krazy Kat et al. into the future. A horrible mistake. The naiveté of Krazy, the violence of Ignatz, and the environment of Kokonino County (Why was it changed from Coconino County in the comics, lawsuit perhaps?), do not fit in the 60's culture. George Harriman himself described Krazy as neither male nor female, an elf, a sprite, a free happy go lucky spirit that you can't tack a gender onto, however the cartoon decides to make Krazy a female, because I'm guessing that having children unsure of genders would be too confusing. The cartoon decides that Ignatz is not married, and lives with Krazy inside their own house, which brings a confusing schism into their relationship, exactly what IS their relationship? Kokonino County (ugh) is reduced to almost nothing in the background, with very few references to anything in the comics. There was one episode that even put the County in the wrong state, instead of in Arizona.
There really was no reason to change any of the characters looks from the comics version to what it is in the cartoons. Offisa Pup looks nothing like he should, Krazy is...just a mess and even Ignatz, while looking the closest out of the bunch, looks quite wrong.
The voice acting is quite bad as well. I know there are a lot of Paul Frees fans out there but this really wasn't the character for him to voice. I'm not sure if they had even tried to get someone to try and vocalize Krazy as how he (using the general he here) spoke in the comics, they just ignored all the alliterations of his speech and just made her speak like someone with a speech impediment.
Unfortunately it's quite easy to go on and on about this cartoon, with the ultimate question being "Why was it even made?" There are actual cartoons from the 1910s and 20s with Krazy Kat available on Youtube. There's not many but if you research them, you can definitely see the major differences between the art styles.
As a Krazy Kat fan, I cannot recommend this to watch, because it embodies nothing of the original comics. I would tell you to search the comics archive online, and you'll be much more rewarded for that effort.
30 odd years later, King Features comes along and decides that it's time to bring Krazy Kat et al. into the future. A horrible mistake. The naiveté of Krazy, the violence of Ignatz, and the environment of Kokonino County (Why was it changed from Coconino County in the comics, lawsuit perhaps?), do not fit in the 60's culture. George Harriman himself described Krazy as neither male nor female, an elf, a sprite, a free happy go lucky spirit that you can't tack a gender onto, however the cartoon decides to make Krazy a female, because I'm guessing that having children unsure of genders would be too confusing. The cartoon decides that Ignatz is not married, and lives with Krazy inside their own house, which brings a confusing schism into their relationship, exactly what IS their relationship? Kokonino County (ugh) is reduced to almost nothing in the background, with very few references to anything in the comics. There was one episode that even put the County in the wrong state, instead of in Arizona.
There really was no reason to change any of the characters looks from the comics version to what it is in the cartoons. Offisa Pup looks nothing like he should, Krazy is...just a mess and even Ignatz, while looking the closest out of the bunch, looks quite wrong.
The voice acting is quite bad as well. I know there are a lot of Paul Frees fans out there but this really wasn't the character for him to voice. I'm not sure if they had even tried to get someone to try and vocalize Krazy as how he (using the general he here) spoke in the comics, they just ignored all the alliterations of his speech and just made her speak like someone with a speech impediment.
Unfortunately it's quite easy to go on and on about this cartoon, with the ultimate question being "Why was it even made?" There are actual cartoons from the 1910s and 20s with Krazy Kat available on Youtube. There's not many but if you research them, you can definitely see the major differences between the art styles.
As a Krazy Kat fan, I cannot recommend this to watch, because it embodies nothing of the original comics. I would tell you to search the comics archive online, and you'll be much more rewarded for that effort.