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Cartoonist Bill Griffith on "Nancy" and "Zippy the Pinhead"
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
The Unique Aesthetics of the Comic Strip Nancy
This chapter explores the appeal of the newspaper comic strip Nancy and its iconic aesthetic. The speaker discusses how the simplicity of the comic strip's forms represents something more complex, and how the jokes often have a surreal and abstract quality. They also delve into the early career of Nancy's creator, Ernie Bushmiller, and the shift from a complex style to a simpler and more iconic one.
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