Nancy bookcover

Nancy

A Comic Collection
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Description

"One of 2018's greatest comic pleasures" -- The AV Club

"... thanks to the brilliance of its young new writer-artist--pseudonymous Olivia Jaimes--Nancymania is real." -- Rolling Stone

"... short, sweet, and endlessly relevant." -- Smithsonian Magazine

In 2018, Olivia Jaimes became the first woman to write and illustrate the classic comic strip Nancy. Her fresh, irreverent take on the classic comic strip has become a sensation with readers and has earned praise from dozens of media outlets, several of which have named it the best comic of the year. This hardcover collection includes the first nine months of Jaimes' run on Nancy, along with an introduction, essay, interview with the author, and a special gallery of Nancy fan art by the author.

Product Details

PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
Publish DateOctober 01, 2019
Pages144
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9781524853259
Dimensions8.1 X 8.1 X 0.7 inches | 1.2 pounds

About the Author

Olivia Jaimes' run as the official Nancy cartoonist started in 2018 and quickly became a phenomenon. The first woman to write and illustrate the classic comic strip, she brought a fresh, irreverent vision to the comics page, delighting fans of all ages. Her work has earned praise from the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, Rolling Stone, Smithsonian magazine, Vice, the AV Club, Slate, Vulture, and readers all across the internet.

Reviews

"Simple, sweet and entertaining." (Kirkus Reviews)
"The first book collecting the new Nancy comic is incredibly, fantastically, impossibly great" (Boing Boing)
"[Jaimes'] fresh, irreverent take on the classic comic strip has become a sensation with readers and has earned praise from dozens of media outlets, several of which have named it the best comic of the year." (Comics Beat)
"Jaimes excels at going meta, at beboppin' and scattin' all over the fourth wall and turning sequential art into last-panel payoffs that surprise you into out-loud laughter." (WIRED)
"Jaimes manages to maintain Bushmiller's minimalism and penchant for formal experimentation while creating something fresh, relevant, and most important, very funny." (Library Journal)

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