The Dingbat Family

The Dingbat Family
Author(s)George Herriman
Launch dateJuly 20, 1910 (1910-07-20)
End dateJanuary 4, 1916 (1916-01-04)
Alternate name(s)The Family Upstairs
Syndicate(s)King Features Syndicate
Genre(s)Gag-a-day
Followed byKrazy Kat

The Dingbat Family (also The Family Upstairs) is a comic strip by American cartoonist George Herriman that ran from June 20, 1910, to January 4, 1916. It introduced Herriman's most famous pair of characters: Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse, who later featured in Herriman's best-known strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944).