Straightforward, if not funny:
But what about those papers that might print 4-panel Nancy as a 2×2?
or some other orientation?
In earlier days, Bushmiller would sometimes do a 3 panel, but in the examples I looked at the third panel was double-width, so it would still fit within a 2×2 orientation. But perhaps the number of papers who might be affected is approaching 0.
Mark H. sends this in: “If there’s actually a wall at all.”
Is it as simple as Sluggo not understanding, after all these decades fending for himself, how to attach a worm to a hook? Is Nancy scaring the fish?
Is there a pun somewhere hidden — maybe under a rock?
The following day, Cash indicated these rocks stood for Nancy, Sluggo, and Aunt Fritzi, clarifying her intention a bit.
Mitch4 send this in: “Momentary CIDU / then OY after you get it.”
I’ll order the Bombe from Acme bakeries.
In other news, Olivia Jaimes has announced her retirement from the Nancy strip after 7 years. (This doesn’t surprise me; in the past months she seemed to have hit a stretch where she was running out of ideas.)
The strip will be taken over on January 1, 2026 by Caroline Cash, who did a few Nancy strips during Jaimes’s 2024 sabbatical (July 22 through August 11, 2024).
This one’s a clear nod to classic Bushmiller gags, one of which I posted a few days ago.
Dan Piraro had this curious take on Nancy a couple of days ago, although it’s not clear this was at all related to the authorship transition.
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