the spirit of the original, and yet stylistically his own." Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph On May 16, 1926, Knerr started (sometimes titled Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph during the early 1930s), a topper that accompanied The Katzenjammer Kids until two years after Knerr's death. By 1936, to avoid any association with Adolf Hitler, the dog's name was changed to Schnappsy. Personal life Knerr never married. In New York during the 1940s, he lived in the Hotel Blackstone at 50 East 58th Street. On July 8, 1949, he died in Manhattan from heart disease, survived by a sister in Carmel, California, and a brother in Philadelphia. He is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Bibliography Zoo-Illogical Snapshots Mr. George and His Wife (1904–14) Hard Luck Bill (1903–04) Die Fineheimer Twins (1903–14) Scary William (1906–14) The Irresistible Rag (1913–14) The Katzenjammer Kids (1913–49) Dinglehoofer und His Dog (1926–49) Books of Katzenjammer Kids comics were produced in the 1930s, including Katzenjammer Kids in the Mountains (1934, Saalfield Publishing) and The Katzenjammer Kids (1939, Dell Publishing). In 1935, Whitman published Dinglehoofer und his Dog Adolph. See Also The Katzenjammer Kids List of American comics creators References External links Lambiek 1882 births 1949 deaths American comic strip cartoonists University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni American people of German descent American male artists The Katzenjammer Kids