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| Title Statement | Three rocks: the story of Ernie Bushmiller, the man who created Nancy / [graphic novel] : Bill Griffith. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | 3 rocks |
| Author | Griffith, Bill, 1944- |
| Publication | New York: Abrams ComicArts,2023. |
| Extent of Item | 265 pages |
| ISBN | 9781419745904 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07202625 |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (page 264). |
| Summary | From 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 about more than a single comic book artist. It is the story of this American art form, tracing its inception to 1895 with the Yellow Kid, the creation of Nancy in 1933, and all the strips that followed, including Peanuts and The Far Side. 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 -- just enough to communicate environment to the reader. This distillation is exemplary of the iconic, diagrammatic look of Nancy, a comic strip 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. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Cartoonists--Comic books, strips, etc--United states |
| Comic books, strips, etc--Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism--United States | |
| By Name | Nancy |
| Bushmiller, ErnieNancy | |
| Bushmiller, Ernie | |
| By Genre | Biographical comics |
| Nonfiction comics | |
| Graphic novels | |
| Personal narratives | |
