Nancy and Sluggo's Guide to Life: Comics about Money, Food, and Other Essentials
If you were alive in twentieth-century America, you knew Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy--and this new collection assembles some of the greatest strips featuring the much-loved cartoon icon and her pug-nosed companion, Sluggo. The newspaper cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller once admitted that "all my characters are conceived in desperation." Nancy was no exception. She was the niece of the star of his other strip, Fritzi Ritzi, and meant to serve as a throwaway gag character. But Nancy could not be contained: Within a few years, Bushmiller's strip had been renamed for her, and she had begun her ascent into the pantheon of cartooning greats. Nancy, along with on-and-off boyfriend Sluggo, delivered absurd laughs to readers for decades, all rendered in Bushmiller's distinctive line that cartoonist Denis Kitchen once called "geometric perfection." A masterpiece of humor and cartooning, Nancy earned both scorn and acclaim for decades, serving as a muse (and sometimes punching bag) for the likes of Andy Warhol, Joe Brainard, Gary Panter, Matt Groening, and more. This collection of Bushmiller's Nancy brings together a selection from the beloved Kitchen Sink Press editions of Nancy strips, including How Sluggo Survives and Nancy Eats Food, as well as a number of newly selected cartoons. Together, this wide-ranging collection offers a chance for readers to experience the full range of Bushmiller's absurd humor and unexpected visual delights. As Nancy once said: "Anything can happen in a comic strip "
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1681378361
ISBN13:9781681378367
Release Date:May 2024
Publisher:New York Review Comics
Length:148 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 8.8" x 11.3"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
My old girl friend!
Published by John Hutchinson , 1 month ago
What fun reading once again, after all these years, the escapades of this fuzzy -haired nymph and her burly companion, Sluggo. Are you like me a vestige of the '40s? If so you will enjoy this stroll down memory lane.
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