{"product_id":"nancy-and-sluggos-guide-to-life-comics-about-money-food-and-other-essentials-paperback","title":"Nancy and Sluggo's Guide to Life: Comics about Money, Food, and Other Essentials - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnie Bushmiller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDenis Kitchen\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you were alive in twentieth-century America, you knew Ernie Bushmiller's \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e--and this new collection assembles some of the greatest strips featuring the much-loved cartoon icon and her pug-nosed companion, Sluggo.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eFritzi Ritzi\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNancy, 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, \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of Bushmiller's \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a selection from the beloved Kitchen Sink Press editions of \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e strips, including \u003ci\u003eHow Sluggo Survives!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNancy Eats Food\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a number of newly selected cartoons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, 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!\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnie Bushmiller\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1982) was an American cartoonist best known for creating the daily comic strip \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e, which has remained in print since 1938. After completing the eighth grade, Bushmiller dropped out of school and began working as a copy boy at the \u003ci\u003eNew York World\u003c\/i\u003e. There, he ran errands, observed his cartoonist colleagues, and eventually picked up illustration assignments such as lettering speech balloons and designing crossword puzzles. In 1925, he was given the chance to take over Larry Whittington's comic strip \u003ci\u003eFritzi Ritz\u003c\/i\u003e, which evolved into the long-running strip \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenis Kitchen\u003c\/b\u003e is a cartoonist, writer, and publisher. In 1969, after the success of his self-published \u003ci\u003eMom's Homemade Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, Kitchen launched Kitchen Sink Press to publish his own work and the work of other underground cartoonists. In its thirty-year run, Kitchen Sink published work by both new and older cartoonists including R. Crumb, Alice Kominsky-Crumb, Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, Charles Burns, Alan Moore, M. K. Brown, and Ernie Bushmiller. A monograph of Kitchen's own work, \u003ci\u003eThe Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2010 by Dark Horse Comics and was nominated for both Harvey and Eisner Awards. Originally from Wisconsin, he now lives in Western Massachusetts.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 11.3 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47369684418738,"sku":"9781681378367","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/37237825a622e1c09eb18bbd9e4462e7.webp?v=1777598701","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/nancy-and-sluggos-guide-to-life-comics-about-money-food-and-other-essentials-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}