{"product_id":"three-rocks-the-story-of-ernie-bushmiller-the-man-who-created-nancy-9781419745904","title":"Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of \u003ci\u003eZippy the Pinhead\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a history of comics as told through the life story of Ernie Bushmiller and his iconic comic strip \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As the widest-ranging cartoon chronicler of American absurdity in our time, Bill Griffith has topped himself. This is an instant comic-strip classic!\" --\u003cb\u003eMatt Groening\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"For many years, I've devoured Bill Griffith's work. It's always inspiring and engrossing. As it never fails to do, Griffith's brilliance and consummate drawing chops shine through. \u003ci\u003eThree Rocks \u003c\/i\u003eis amazing!\" --\u003cb\u003eEmil Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A page-turning, standard-setting, must-have work of biographical art.\" --\u003cb\u003eChris Ware\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and \u003ci\u003eNobody's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e, comes \u003ci\u003eThree Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the iconic comic strip \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 in 1895 with the \u003ci\u003eYellow Kid\u003c\/i\u003e, the creation of \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e in 1933, and all the strips that followed, including \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Far Side\u003c\/i\u003e. When Bushmiller died in 1982, \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e was running in almost 900 daily newspapers--a number few syndicated cartoonists ever achieve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e is hailed as the \"perfect\" comic strip by fans and cartoonists alike. The title \u003ci\u003eThree Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Comicarts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419745904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Bill Griffith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935571284149,"sku":"9781419745904","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5da8bede-d0ff-4c22-b6da-23837d040061.jpg?v=1688489667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/three-rocks-the-story-of-ernie-bushmiller-the-man-who-created-nancy-9781419745904","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}