Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for May 19, 2018

Hey. Nancy said “she.”

So you can learn new stuff in this comic.

Beats making enemies.

Nancy has some strange Ideas.

Not sure which is more difficult to move through – Nancy of last year, who was constantly mourning the passing of obscure Country Western singers – or Nancy of this year who – so far- appears to spend most of her time interacting with machines!

I trust this joke isn’t going to be too obscure.

This week has been a crucible to weed out all those old folks that complain about technology. The comments from them have almost been as funny to read as the comic strip lmao. Get over it folks.

Sluggo will be jealous if she makes a new friend and starts hanging out with the boy robot instead of Sluggo.

Okay, I like Mad Scientist Nancy in the last panel.

Will there be a new way of identifying “Olivia Jaimes” on Monday?

Looks like Nancy made the Slugbot 9000 in that last panel. Wonder if she’s working with Skynet?

The teacher is a robot.

More “dumbing down”of America…..

The backwards hat on the robot friend is a delight.

With a nod to J.F. Sebastian…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQkoX0ru60U

I read about 40 comics every day on the Go Comic site, and Nancy has gone from Near the middle of the pack to dead last in my ratings. I guess I can always skip it even though it shows up on my list. I suppose this is as good as it gets, so either I better get to enjoy it or abandon ship!

Still glad ‘Nancy’ is off of my favorites now. The gags are bad enough, but I really think the artwork is worse.

Step 2: Influencing people!

Jaimes’ Nancy- scarcely over a month old- is already the best strip on the comics page since the days of the very much missed Richard Thompson. She combines a dash of old fashioned humor with modern sensibilities and penetrating intelligence. After Larry Whittington left the strip that became Nancy, readers gave Bushmiller time and space to develop something new. If readers grant Jaimes the same courtesy their patience will be well rewarded. Either on this feature or another, Jaimes has the potential to be one of the greats.

O. Jaimes is to comic strips as Alfred Beater was to science fiction. You cannot make fun of it by stepping outside the box. The new box becomes a box of those who stepped outside of the old box.

It’s just a box of rain. I don’t know who put it there.

mad scientist Nancy in the thought bubble looks so cute