He started filling it with little vignettes about the family cat and a mouse that maintained residence in their apartment. In 1916, a weekly version joined the daily. He was replaced on Krazy, as all artists on syndicate-owned comics are routinely replaced on their deaths. George Herriman's Krazy Kat work has since hung in museums, been the subject of academic treatises, been reprinted in prestigious tomes, and even appeared on a U.S. postage stamp. But it's hard to imagine a more sincere gesture of appreciation than Hearst's.
Art is in the public domain.