Scope and Contents Material relating to the production of a pilot episode for a stop-motion animation series, based upon American cartoonist George Herriman's comic strip, Krazy Kat. Work on this project appears to begin in c 1989-c 1990, but does not gain traction until 1994, when Spitting Image Productions Limited approached Hearst Entertainment [owner of the Krazy Kat intellectual property] about doing a 52-episode series. A pilot was made in 1996. The...

Scope and Contents A file containing 35mm and 63mm transparencies that hold images of still shots and photographs taken during the filming of the pilot episode for the stop-motion animation production, Krazy Kat, based upon George Herriman's cartoon strip. This production was a joint project between Spitting Image Productions Limited, Hearst Animations and the BBC's Arena programme. This material features images of the plasticine models used in the...

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A plasticine model for the title character of Krazy Kat, which was made by the Spitting Image Workshop. This model was created as part of the production of a short, stop-motion animated pilot episode.

This is the first of two Krazy Kat character models in the archive; the larger of the two.

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A plasticine model for the title character of Krazy Kat, which was made by the Spitting Image Workshop. This model was created as part of the production of a short, stop-motion animated pilot episode.

This is the second of two Krazy Kat character models in the archive; the smaller of the two.

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A plasticine model of the Krazy Kat comic strip character, Officer Bull Pupp, made by the Spitting Image Workshop. This model was created as part of the production of a short, stop-motion animated pilot episode, based upon George Herriman's comic strip.

Scope and Contents Two files containing a variety of material relating to the production of a pilot episode for a stop-motion animation version of George Herriman's comic strip, Krazy Kat. There are also papers concerning the proposed production of a BBC Arena documentary on Herriman, and later attempts to have the pilot screened in a cinema in order to qualify for a potential Academy Awards' nomination.Items present in the files include, but are...

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A file containing articles about cartoonist George Herriman and his comic strip, Krazy Kat, along with photocopies of reference drawings of the characters found in that work. There also appears to be photocopies of pages taken from a book or other publication containing examples of the comic strip.

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A plasticine model of a snail sat on top of a mound, made by the Spitting Image Workshop. This model was created as part of the production of a short, stop-motion animated pilot episode, based upon George Herriman's comic strip, Krazy Kat.

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A portfolio containing several copies of a large storyboard and script, which relate to the production of a pilot episode for a stop-motion animation version of George Herriman's comic strip, Krazy Kat.