Synopses & Reviews
A funny thing happened on the way to comic-strip immortality. For many years, Ernie Bushmiller's , with its odd-looking, squat heroine, nearly abstract art, and often super-corny gags, was perceived as the stodgiest, squarest comic strip in the world. Popular with newspaper readers, true -- but definitely not a strip embraced by comic-strip connoisseurs, like or . But then those connoisseurs took a closer look, and began to realize that Bushmiller's art approached its own kind of cartoon perfection, and those corny gags often achieved a striking zen quality. In its own way, it turned out Nancy was in fact the most iconic comic strip of all. ( actually uses a Nancy strip to illustrate its entry on "comic strip.") Charter members of the Nancy revival include Art Spiegelman, who published Mark Newgarden's famous "Love's Savage Fury" (featuring Nancy and Bazooka Joe) in an early issue of RAW; Fletcher Hanks anthologist Paul Karasik; creator Bill Griffith; underground publisher Denis Kitchen, who released several volumes of collections in the 1980s; ' Scott McCloud, who created the "Five-Card Nancy" card game; Joe Brainard, who produced an entire book of paintings in 2008; and Andy Warhol, who produced a painting based on Nancy. Beginning in the Winter of 2011, fans will be dancing with joy as Fantagraphics unveils an ongoing Nancy reprint project. Each volume contain a whopping full four years of daily strips (a Sunday project looms in the future), collected in a fat, square (what else, for the "squarest" strip in the world?) package designed by Jacob () Covey. This first volume will collect every daily strip from 1943 to 1946. (Fantagraphics will eventually release 's first five years, 1938-1942, but given the scarcity of archival material for these years we are giving ourselves some extra time to collate it all.) This first volume will feature an introduction by another stellar Bushmiller fan, Daniel Clowes (from whose collection most of the strips in this volume were scanned), a biography of the artist, and much more.
Review
"Imagine R. Crumb's cartooning invaded by the ghost of Euclid of Alexandria and you begin to glean the essence of Ernie Bushmiller's comic strip ..." William Nericcio
Synopsis
But then those connoisseurs took a closer look, and began to realize that Bushmiller s art approached its own kind of cartoon perfection, and those corny gags often achieved a striking zen quality. In its own way, it turned out Nancy was in fact the most iconic comic strip of all. The American Heritage Dictionary actually uses a Nancy strip to illustrate its entry on comic strip. ) Charter members of the Nancy revival include Art Spiegelman, who published Mark Newgarden s famous Love s Savage Fury (featuring Nancy and Bazooka Joe) in an early issue of RAW; Fletcher Hanks anthologist Paul Karasik;Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith; underground publisher Denis Kitchen, who released several volumes of Nancy collections in the 1980s; Understanding Comics Scott McCloud, who created the Five-Card Nancy card game; Joe Brainard, who produced an entire Nancy book of paintings in 2008; and Andy Warhol, who produced a painting based on Nancy. Beginning in the Winter of 2011, fans will be dancing with joy as Fantagraphics unveils an ongoing Nancy reprint project. Each volume contain a whopping full four years of dailyNancy strips (a Sunday Nancy project looms in the future), collected in a fat, square (what else, for the squarest strip in the world?) package designed by Jacob (Popeye, Beasts , Willie and Joe) Covey. This first volume will collect every daily strip from 1943 to 1946. (Fantagraphics will eventually releaseNancy s first five years, 1938-1942, but given the scarcity of archival material for these years we are giving ourselves some extra time to collate it all.) This firstNancy volume will feature an introduction by another stellar Bushmiller fan, Daniel Clowes (from whose collection most of the strips in this volume were scanned), a biography of the artist, and much more. "
Synopsis
- Nancy joins Peanuts and Popeye at Fantagraphics Nancy Volume 1, the first in an ongoing series, collects every daily strip of Ernie Bushmiller's hyper-stylized, nearly abstract comic from 1942-1945 in a fat, square format (designed by the award-winning Jacob Covey). It includes a biography of Bushmiller and many more extras. The zen-like Nancy is the distillation of a newspaper comic strip, so much so that it illustrates the "comic strip" entry in the American Heritage Dictionary.
Synopsis
The latest addition to Fantagraphics' award- winning classic comic strip reprint series.
About the Author
Ernie Bushmiller (1905-1982) inherited the glamour-girl Fritzi Ritz strip in 1925. But Fritzi's niece Nancy, introduced in 1933, soon began to dominate, and in 1938 the strip officially became nancy. Bushmiller would continue to write and draw it until his death, winning the Reuben Award for best comic strip in 1976.Daniel Clowes, a multi-Harvey, Eisner and Ignatz Award-winner, is a Chicago native living in Oakland, CA, with his wife Erika. His many books include David Boring, Ghost World, Wilson, Ice Haven, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, Caricature, and 2011's Mister Wonderful.