Krazy Kat
"Krazy Kat" has continued to inspire artists and cartoonists to the present day. Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts, set in a similar visual pastiche of the American Southwest, are among the most famous cartoons to draw upon Herriman's work. Patrick McDonnell, creator of the current strip "Mutts" and co-author of "Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman", cites it as his "foremost influence." Bill Watterson of "Calvin and Hobbes" fame named "Krazy Kat" among his three major influences (along with "Peanuts" and "Pogo"). Watterson would revive Herriman's practice of employing varied, unpredictable panel layouts in his Sunday strips. Charles M. Schulz and Will Eisner both said that they were drawn towards cartooning partly because of the impact "Krazy Kat" made on them in their formative years. Bobby London's "Dirty Duck" was styled after "Krazy Kat".