On sale date: June 3, 2025
The first volume in a new series collecting Ernie Bushmiller’s timeless and beloved Nancy!
The cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller stated that his beloved Nancy was created for “the gum chewers” and not the “caviar eaters,” and this new collection of classic Nancy comic strips is perfect for gum chewers of all ages! Featuring over 300 comic strips, Nancy Wears Hats is a hilarious introduction to the timeless classic, beloved by generation after generation of children and adults.
Nancy, along with on-and-off again boyfriend Sluggo, deliver absurd laughs panel after panel, all rendered in Bushmiller’s chiseled cartoon perfection that feels untethered to time or place. An acknowledged masterpiece of humor and cartooning, Nancy’s brand of lowbrow absurdism and unexpected visual delights have held sway over generations of early readers, artists and celebrities, to say nothing of its impact on American culture as a whole! Bushmiller created Nancy from 1938 to 1982, and in recent years, interest in his work has surged to a fever pitch. This volume collects strips from the years 1949–1950, when Bushmiller was cresting to the peak of his powers and presents the work in a fresh and contemporary format that will entertain for ages.
Praise
"A great entry point into this classic comic strip thanks to the high quality of humor, characterization, and artwork." — Cinema Sentries
"Visual jokes, absurd situations, and undaunted determination to have fun make up the daily comics Ernie Bushmiller created from 1949 to 1950 for his charming (but never cutesy or sentimental) pals, Nancy and Sluggo… Before "meta" became a common prefix to describe self-referential storytellers, Nancy was breaking the fourth wall, quite willing to remind you that an arrangement of black and white geometric shapes can be funny." — Book Beat
"Bushmiller's Nancy strips show a mastery of closure. In virtually every strip, readers' eyes are effortlessly drawn across the page. I can say from experience that, despite my own pretensions to sophistication, I laugh while reading virtually every page of apparently simple gags in Nancy Wears Hats." — Truth, Beauty, Comics!
Specs
- Pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback / Softback
- Color
- Black-and-white.
- Dimensions
- 8.6" × 7.8"
- ISBN-13
- 9798875001017
