Add another chapter to the saga of Krazy Kat. The beguiling black comic strip feline of indeterminate gender and heritage celebrates a 105th birthday November 13 with a party at the Treme Coffeehouse. The event marks the paperback release of Michael Tisserand’s masterful biography of Krazy Kat’s creator, George Herriman.

Tisserand enlisted John Boutté to “play” Krazy Kat in a song written for the celebration, along with...