Nancy and Sluggo's Guide to Life Comics about Money, Food, and Other Essentials

<b>If you were alive in twentieth-century America, you knew Ernie Bushmiller’s <i>Nancy</i>—and this new collection assembles some of the greatest strips featuring the much-loved cartoon icon and her pug-nosed companion, Sluggo.</b><br><br>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, <i>Fritzi Ritzi</i>, 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.<br><br>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, <i>Nancy</i> 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.<br><br>This collection of Bushmiller’s <i>Nancy</i> brings together a selection from the beloved Kitchen Sink Press editions of <i>Nancy</i> strips, including <i>How Sluggo Survives!</i> and <i>Nancy Eats Food</i>, as well as a number of newly selected cartoons.<br><br>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!”