Krazy Kat Sunday comic from Sept 15, 1918 Krazy Kat dresses up like a pig to impress Ignatz Mouse. He has to have his tail curled to match the costume. When it rains his tail uncurls, so Ignatz hits him with a brick.

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   Might be inspired by Krazy Kat and George Herriman’s interest in Navajo art if one wanted to reach for meaning in surrealist history?

   #KrazyKat comic from 1918 where the Black Kat has their tail curled to “pass” as a pig

   Tail uncurls in the rain, they’re found out, and white Ignatz mouse (as usual) hits Krazy with a brick 🧱

   Interesting because Herriman was Black Creole from #NewOrleans who passed for white and would have known all about hair straighteners

   #comics #BlackHistory