Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for December 27, 2018

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    Wootietoot  almost 6 years ago

    That’s like one of those all day suckers…

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    That is a cute cat Agnes has!

    Also, in other Nancy news, Vox jumps on the Olivia Jaimes hype train:

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/12/26/18151274/nancy-olivia-jaimes-best-comic-2018

    My favourite bit:

    “Guy Gilchrist eventually took over the strip solo, but his tenure was disastrous for the strip, as it tried to replicate Bushmiller’s punchlines without understanding his style in the slightest — where Bushmiller was minimalist, Gilchrist larded the strip up with extraneous flourishes.

    Nancy was running in just 79 newspapers (down from a height of 700 in the 1970s) when Guy Gilchrist signed off in February with a very strange final story sequence that wedded Nancy’s aunt to a boyfriend who had disappeared from 1968 until 2012."

    (though I note the number of newspapers Nancy runs in at any point seems highly variable, and I doubt anyone outside Andrews-McMeel could produce a definitive list – it seems few of those within it can)

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    coratelli  almost 6 years ago

    Oh my god!

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    asrialfeeple  almost 6 years ago

    Nancy Eats Food

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    gutbloom  almost 6 years ago

    The whale gingerbread cookie is beautifully rendered. That’s how OJ channels Bushmiller. It’s a good visual joke, and the gag is clear because the art is too. Today’s Nancy classic, where Sluggo squirts the tattooed man with a hose, delivers with the same clarity.

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    jrankin1959  almost 6 years ago

    From Hell’s heart, I bite at thee! For hate’s sake, I chew my last breath at thee

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Something else is missing – that is a Mr. Narwhal from the movie “Elf” cookie…

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    jless  almost 6 years ago

    Sluggo is Lit™

    Nancy is Fat™

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    jrankin1959  almost 6 years ago

    As far as I’m concerned, Ms. Jaimes is hitting her stride and seems to be getting comfortable with the characters; today’s strip is a good example. She is balancing the original characters with new ones of her own, and I think she’s doing a good job. However, I also enjoyed the Gilchrist Era, and I do not understand why people continue to dump on him. I liked the innocence of Nancy and Sluggo in those days, and I did not think it strange for Fritzi and Phil Fumble to marry. There will always be comparisons to the Bushmiller Era, but let each artist interpret things his or her own way. Let’s just get on with enjoying Ms. Jaimes’ work.

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    Magic Brain  almost 6 years ago

    Next stop – Japan.

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    orbenjawell Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Ah!! Amid the tsunami of 21st Century Schizoid Gadgetry, Nan’s voracious appetite remains intact from the last millennium……

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