Before I read “Nancy” each day, I sometimes look at the Spanish version “Periquita.” I enjoy testing my fragmentary Spanish literacy. But sometimes, I just get distracted by the art and find myself imagining alternate reality Nancy.
Here’s “Little Buddha II” featuring Agnes as Little Buddha, sitting under the Bodhi tree, awaiting enlightenment. Nancy, as the Satan surrogate Mara attempts to distract Agnes from her meditations, to mislead her.
Weirdly, there’s a coloring or printing error in today’s “Periquita” that suggests a ray of enlightenment shining down on Agnes from… where? A heavenly realm? The tree itself?
So I read Jaimes’s “Nancy,” and the translated version [sometimes oddly different than the English one], and the imaginary [?] alternate world version that forces itself on me
Also, there’s the familiar Jaimes deployment of Nancy undercutting her own good ideas.
In panel four, she distinguishes between thoughtful advice versus demand for change. Here, Nancy is giving “thoughtful advice” as she has described.
In panel five, Agnes paraphrases Nancy’s comment and seems ready to embrace it as the good thinking it is. She hears that she should respond to others’ “demand for change” by offering back to them “thoughtful advice.”
In panel six, Nancy has forgotten the distinction she herself has just identified and suggests instead that Agnes should just demand of the others that they change. Also, Nancy is just a hair’s breadth away from demanding of Agnes that she do just that.
Feel free to tell me I’m overthinking.
Or that if you have to explain it you suck all the funny out of it.
Either of which I could regard as thoughtful advice or a demand for change.
Big news for my local newspaper, The Washington Post. Nancy is returning! In the color Sunday comics section, there is a small-print note over Knight Life that Keith Knight is no longer creating his strip and the Post will replace it with Nancy!
A Zen master was visiting London. He went up to a hot dog vendor and said, “Make me one with everything.”
The vendor fixed up a hot dog with fried onions, gherkins, and mustard and handed it to the Zen master, who paid with a £20 note. The vendor put the note in his register and snapped it shut.
“Excuse me, but where’s my change?” asked the Zen master.
“O my brother,” said the vendor, "change comes from within.
Argythree over 5 years ago
Good ideas, Nancy…
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Before I read “Nancy” each day, I sometimes look at the Spanish version “Periquita.” I enjoy testing my fragmentary Spanish literacy. But sometimes, I just get distracted by the art and find myself imagining alternate reality Nancy.
Here’s “Little Buddha II” featuring Agnes as Little Buddha, sitting under the Bodhi tree, awaiting enlightenment. Nancy, as the Satan surrogate Mara attempts to distract Agnes from her meditations, to mislead her.
Weirdly, there’s a coloring or printing error in today’s “Periquita” that suggests a ray of enlightenment shining down on Agnes from… where? A heavenly realm? The tree itself?
So I read Jaimes’s “Nancy,” and the translated version [sometimes oddly different than the English one], and the imaginary [?] alternate world version that forces itself on me
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Also, there’s the familiar Jaimes deployment of Nancy undercutting her own good ideas.
In panel four, she distinguishes between thoughtful advice versus demand for change. Here, Nancy is giving “thoughtful advice” as she has described.
In panel five, Agnes paraphrases Nancy’s comment and seems ready to embrace it as the good thinking it is. She hears that she should respond to others’ “demand for change” by offering back to them “thoughtful advice.”
In panel six, Nancy has forgotten the distinction she herself has just identified and suggests instead that Agnes should just demand of the others that they change. Also, Nancy is just a hair’s breadth away from demanding of Agnes that she do just that.
Feel free to tell me I’m overthinking.
Or that if you have to explain it you suck all the funny out of it.
Either of which I could regard as thoughtful advice or a demand for change.
Rolf Rykken Premium Member over 5 years ago
Big news for my local newspaper, The Washington Post. Nancy is returning! In the color Sunday comics section, there is a small-print note over Knight Life that Keith Knight is no longer creating his strip and the Post will replace it with Nancy!
Major Matt Mason Premium Member over 5 years ago
I guess Nancy’s not allowed to say “STFU” in public. ;D
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
Or, just punch ‘em in the nose. Always worked for me.
tad1 over 5 years ago
Clever. :)
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
The way it works is that to change others you must first change yourself.
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
The way of the Nancy.
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
A Zen master was visiting London. He went up to a hot dog vendor and said, “Make me one with everything.”
The vendor fixed up a hot dog with fried onions, gherkins, and mustard and handed it to the Zen master, who paid with a £20 note. The vendor put the note in his register and snapped it shut.
“Excuse me, but where’s my change?” asked the Zen master.
“O my brother,” said the vendor, "change comes from within.