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Three Rocks - The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy
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Three Rocks - The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy
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From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead,
comes the story of Ernie Bushmiller and his iconic comic strip
Nancy, told in an original graphic novel that recounts the history
of comics and the secrets of comic book storytellingFrom Bill
Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and Nobody’s Fool, comes
Three Rocks, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of
the iconic comic strip Nancy. But this graphic novel is more than
just the bio of a single comic book artist. It is the story of this
American art form, tracing its inception in 1895 with the Yellow
Kid, the creation of Nancy in 1933, and all the strips that
followed, including Peanuts and The Far Side. When Bushmiller died
in 1982, Nancy was running in almost 900 daily newspapers—a
number few syndicated cartoonists ever achieve—and today it is
experiencing a resurgence thanks to the work of new writer/artist
Olivia Jaimes.Nancy is hailed as the “perfect” comic strip by
fans and cartoonists alike. The title Three Rocks refers to the
trope of three hemispherical rocks often seen in a Bushmiller
landscape—enough to communicate environment to the reader (two
wouldn’t read properly, and four is one too many). This
distillation helped contribute to the iconic, diagrammatic look of
Nancy, making it a comic strip not about childhood, like Peanuts,
but about the nature of what it means to be a comic strip—the
perfect avatar for Griffith to expand upon his philosophy of
creating comics, specifically humorous comics.
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Imprint: |
Abrams Comicarts
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Bill Griffith
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Dimensions: |
162 x 242mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4197-4590-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4197-4590-5 |
Barcode: |
9781419745904 |
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