Krazy Kat

"Krazy Kat" was one of the best comic strips ever, and a personal favorite of mine. That doesn't mean a novel based on the strip would work, although this effort by Jay Cantor certainly makes an honest try at it, beginning the action in 1945 as Ignatz escorts Krazy to witness some strange goings-on at Alamogordo in the Arizona desert. Krazy, demoralized by the existence of such diabolical bombs as she has seen being tested, refuses to work anymore. Ignatz goes to all ends to try to help his co-star resolve her depression, and eventually all is as it should be, as Ignatz, Krazy and Offisa Pupp finally resolve the eternal comic strip triangle that has been their blessing and bane for so long. Weird stuff, not quite successfully carried off.