Its a brick. Its the most important plot device in Krazy Kat comics. Its both the catalyst and the resolution in a world where dogs hold a sense of judicial authority and mice just want to see some pain.
Krazy Kat read pretty bizarrely for me. From reading my first one, it was difficult to figure out exactly what was going on. Why was the cat a target for the mouse? Is that police officer supposed to be a dog? Where did the mouse find his fascination for "bricking" people? It was unlike any sort of story I've read in a comic format. Somewhat abstract characters in a very surrealist landscape that changes on a whim felt very abrupt and some what off putting. But when I got down what I understood to be the skeleton of the "plot", find cat, insert brick, I found the allure. A kind of twisted game of cat and mouse that feels more like the only thing that exists in the universe and from the few stories I read, thats the idea. Just a cat and a dog trying to survive a mouse with a brick. Its pretty out there, but thats my wavelength.
It was strange to see how it evolved into actual cartoons. It felt very, very different in tone, more open, more universal. I didnt really like how watered down it was. Boo.
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