feel like silby has never experienced a tuuuuuuesday afterrrrrrnooon
― mh, Friday, 20 April 2018 03:28 (six years ago) link
That just makes me feel bad for Ernie Bushmiller
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 20 April 2018 03:29 (six years ago) link
Would have much preferred Nancy going to see ELO.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2018 03:38 (six years ago) link
Thankfully that comic seems to have been published long after his death
Supposedly from 1998? That has to be a miscitation, right? Or the Gilchrists were showing the world that rock acts could have orchestras when... god, I can’t unravel how dumb and backward this is
― mh, Friday, 20 April 2018 03:38 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbKvuBlU0AApT93.jpg:large
― you bet, nancy (map), Friday, 20 April 2018 03:44 (six years ago) link
Holy crap, I didn't realize they started in 1995. I assumed that strip was from the 60s or 70s.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 20 April 2018 03:49 (six years ago) link
tbf pbs stations even now show stuff like a special evening with the moody blues
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 April 2018 03:53 (six years ago) link
That's because they buy programming from national PBS and stuff like Moody Blues concerts were paid for a long long time ago.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 20 April 2018 03:58 (six years ago) link
yeah but the rights to air them don't actually last that long
― you bet, nancy (map), Friday, 20 April 2018 04:02 (six years ago) link
iirc they mostly show the “live at red rocks” which was kind of donated as a fundraiser show in 1993 or something. It’s up there with the mannheim steamroller christmas music shows in the rotation.
― mh, Friday, 20 April 2018 04:05 (six years ago) link
I'd be willimg to believe the Moody Blues paid for a Nancy feature back in the 60s. It was a prestige move.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 20 April 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
Moody Blues were on the Simpsons roughly the same time (The Homer & Flanders Go To Vegas ep).
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2018 04:08 (six years ago) link
Thread revive and no mention of Mark Newgarden's awesome "How to Read Nancy" from last year? Rectified.
― mick signals, Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:55 PM (one week ago) Bookmark
i've been intrigued by & enjoying this comic and i picked up this book today, looks legit great just from an initial flip-thru, thx for mentioning it!
― kinder, gentler (sleepingbag), Sunday, 29 April 2018 01:08 (six years ago) link
thought some of the strips this week were a little weaker but i liked this
http://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/04/28
― cr.ht (crüt), Sunday, 29 April 2018 03:08 (six years ago) link
rumbled
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 29 April 2018 08:49 (six years ago) link
And this http://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/04/27
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 29 April 2018 10:33 (six years ago) link
Is Metanancy the Nancy we deserve?
― mick signals, Sunday, 29 April 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
metanancy, paradoxically, is the realest nancy
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 29 April 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
took me about 10 seconds to find this in my big nancy book:
https://dzwonsemrish7.cloudfront.net/items/1C2b0U3k3l201A0Z341E/IMG_8031.jpg
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 29 April 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
lower left corner of the back cover:
https://dzwonsemrish7.cloudfront.net/items/3q2K122m3w3d0W011N0M/IMG_8029.jpg
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 29 April 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
Well there's classic or "pure" Metanancy, Nancy that's about Nancy the comic, and then there's "post-Nancy" Metanancy that's Nancy about Nancy the cultural phenomenon
― mick signals, Sunday, 29 April 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
lol this was the last guy gilchrist strip... are you fucking serious dogg
https://i.imgur.com/JAMNCdO.jpg
― cr.ht (crüt), Monday, 30 April 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
she married Archie? is this canon?
― frogbs, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
Presumably just wishful thinking, hence the song choice?? Who or what is the furthest-right silhouette, any idea?
― mick signals, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
can't think of a better response than crut's on this one
― mh, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
that not Archie, it Fritzi Ritz's long term boyfriend (or husband now, I guess?) PHIL FUMBLE
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--qdUfWYW3ow/UMDh52YYxQI/AAAAAAAANRY/D2J8tb2AAJI/s1600/nc121130.gif
― soref, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
Gilchrist's Nancy actually much weirder than millennial Metanancy imo
http://i.imgur.com/qwwn9T0.gif
― soref, Monday, 30 April 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 30 April 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
Guy Gilchrist: ahh, time to draw the comic strip Nancy *massive bong rip*
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 30 April 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
*turns on classic rock FM for inspiration*
― mick signals, Monday, 30 April 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
I could try to unpack this single NANCY panel for the next twelve hours and still not scratch the surface: pic.twitter.com/85k5jAhSWB— Megan Abbott (@meganeabbott) May 17, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 May 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/05/16
basically this
― frogbs, Friday, 18 May 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
is that a John Stanley?
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Friday, 18 May 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
frogbs' post is some baller all-time nancy content
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 May 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
xp yep that's from the nancy comic book by john stanley.
― visiting, Friday, 18 May 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
lovelymajorhoople 2 days agothis is getting boring-is Nancy ever going to get out of techno land???
this is getting boring-is Nancy ever going to get out of techno land???
this comment from that May 16th strip kills me because it's an old person asking if a kid will ever stop messing around with computers and do something else, which is exactly what every adult does to kids
― (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ (mh), Friday, 18 May 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
Nancy is probably the most relatable strip in the newspaper now
https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/05/20
― frogbs, Sunday, 20 May 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
it actually elicited an audible chuckle, something no newspaper strip has done for years
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 21 May 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
I think the last time I looked forward to reading a current comic strip this much was the early '00s heyday of The Boondocks.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
starting to almost get *too* meta
https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/05/27
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 May 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
c'mon that's great
maybe it's churlish to say but artwork-wise she doesn't really come close to the virtuosity of bushmiller
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 31 May 2018 22:01 (five years ago) link
nancy should've ended after bushmiller died imo. i like this new artist ok but i feel like her stuff would be just as good if she were drawing her own characters rather than her own versions of nancy and sluggo. (and yeah i realize that drawing a legacy strip that's already in a lot of papers results in more exposure for her work, which is fair.)
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 31 May 2018 22:18 (five years ago) link
The new strip has a melancholy, introverted sensibility that wasn't really in the Bushmiller comics. I think of Nancy similarly to Calvin ... she seemed unflappable and capable of anything. New Nancy seems a little more unsure of herself.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 31 May 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
huh really? i feel like old nancy was constantly getting blindsided by stuff, flummoxed by people acting cruelly
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 31 May 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
I'm glad this thread keeps getting bumped because it reminds me to get caught up on the latest strips, still love it!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 31 May 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
maybe i am mashing her up with charlie brown in my head but i don't think entirely - i'll see if i can dig some examples out tomorrow when i have access to my book
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 31 May 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
maybe it's churlish to say but artwork-wise she doesn't really come close to the virtuosity of bushmillerI mean, duh? She's a baby cartoonist, he was a zen genius who just saw a 300pp book published analysing a single strip Legacy strips are poison and ownership should always remain with the generating artist, BUT Jaimes is fantastic and I doubt there's been a better successor on any daily post-1950
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Friday, 1 June 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
happy to read a big collection of Bobby London's to see, though
― we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Friday, 1 June 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
Has there been any suggestion of who she actually is, yet?
I think it's settled into a comforting but rather blah groove since the amazing first few weeks. But at least one strip per week makes me laugh, which means it's 20% better than almost every newspaper strip ever.
I recently discovered this strip (now finished) which went under the radar in the UK - it's a twee but a pretty likeable kin to Peanuts / Calvin&Hobbes / the new Nancy: https://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/2017/05/09
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 1 June 2018 11:22 (five years ago) link
otm. The last week or so has been kind of meh, but I'm eager to see how things develop.
(and anyway, the greatest strips had their dull weeks here and there, so I'm not too worried.)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 1 June 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link