Comic Strip / Nancy

tvtropes ^ | 1933 | Ernie Bushmiller

[DallasBiff]

Nancy is a long-running Surreal Humor Newspaper Comic strip originally created by Ernie Bushmiller. The strip centers on a precocious 8-year old girl, her Aunt Fritzi, and her best friend Sluggo.

The character first appeared in 1933 in Fritzi Ritz, a strip that had been created in 1922 by Larry Whittington (Bushmiller took over in 1925). Nancy proved to be so popular as a character that, in 1938, the strip was retitled to her name.

Bushmiller continued to draw the strip until his death in 1982. It was subsequently taken over by Al Plastino (on the Sunday strips) and Mark Lasky (on the dailies), only for Lasky to pass away just a year later at age 29. Jerry Scott, later known for Baby Blues and Zits, took over the strip in 1984, drawing the characters in a much more broad, cartoony style. Scott also modernized the world of Nancy. Scott's run lasted until 1995, when he was replaced by the sibling team of Guy and Brad Gilchrist, who created a hybrid art style that was part Bushmiller and part superhero comic. After a few years, Guy Gilchrist became the sole artist, continuing until early 2018. The strip is now drawn by Olivia Jaimes, making her the first woman to draw the strip. Jaimes returned to a style more reminiscent of Bushmiller's work (including re-inserting his famous fourth wall breaks) and further modernized the comic

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Somebody corrected me in a private mail and said it is Stupefying Jones.

[x]

Since comic book movies are a thing now isn't it time Nancy and Sluggo got one?

[metmom]

No.

[Dr. Sivana]

You have hardly touched the surface. I always had a thing for Winnie Winkle:


Nothing wrong with juliet Jones, or her imprudent kid sister Eve:

And the Girls in Apartment 3G are ALWAYS changing their clothes on camera:

[Graybeard58]

Do you happen to remember Major Hoople and “Our Boarding House”?

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Very well.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The BIG question is: "Were a Veronica or a Betty kind of guy?" That's the real litmus test.

Of course, there always was Maggie (here without her rolling pin)...

[Deaf Smith]

>>since Calvin and Hobbes ceased being published

Dixon came back with Calvin The Deplorable, but it is difficult to find since he keeps being cancelled.

[Dr. Sivana]

The BIG question is: "Were a Veronica or a Betty kind of guy?" That's the real litmus test.

Well, they look identical except for the hair. Betty's nicer, Veronica's loaded. Both can scheme (though Veronica is generally more malicious). Betty can cook. Unless you actually are Archie, Betty would always find you second best. Veronica is high maintenance and easily offended. However, it shouldn't be hard to win over her ol' man considering the competition.

Most healthy males are fine with either of them.

[DallasBiff]

Poor Betty, always second fiddle to Veronica.

[fella]

"Stupefying Jones."

Julie Newmar played her in the musical. Nancy was OK put I preferred Lille Abner, Pogo and Snuffy Smith.

[Robert DeLong]

[Dawgreg]

What a blast from the past

[goldbux]

"Major Hoople / Our Boarding House"
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How about Gasoline Alley / Notary Sojac?

[jmacusa]

Do newspapers even have the comics section anymore?

[martin_fierro]

[Dr. Sivana]

Do newspapers even have the comics section anymore?

Greatly shrunken, and not universally (NY Times, WSJ, and USA Today never really had one). But yes, Garfield, Dilbert, Blondie, Dennis the Menace, Peanuts (Reruns), Pickles, Zits are still in hundreds of papers. Barney Google, Thimble Theatre(Popeye) and Gasoline Alley made it to 100 years and are still going. Bring up Father and Katzenjammer Kids had the plug pulled, but only after VERY long runs.