Eastern Illinois University The Keep 2016 Awards for Excellence in Student Research 2016 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity - Documents and Creative Activity Spring 2016 Yellow Nancy, a graphic narrative Susan Borchek Smith Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_awards_2016_docs Part of the Creative Writing Commons, and the Illustration Commons Recommended Citation Borchek Smith, Susan, "Yellow Nancy, a graphic narrative" (2016). 2016 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity - Documents. 3. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/lib_awards_2016_docs/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2016 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2016 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity - Documents by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Visual Styles: Yellow Nancy Borchek Smith, S. March 2016 Page 1 Bill Griffith (written) Nancy Eats Food Page 2, 4, 5 & 10 Nancy Images Ernie Bushmiller Page 6 Ernie Bushmiller self-portrait Comics Journal Magazine Page 8 Wally Wood Mad Magazine #35 Page 11 Robert Rini 7 Deadly Sinners Annotated Biography: Yellow Nancy Borchek Smith, S. March 2016 Bushmiller, E., & Kitchen, J. (1989). Nancy eats food. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Press. Artist Bill Griffith, creator of the comic “Zippy,” is just one of the many fans of Ernie Bushmiller. In the introduction to “Nancy Eats Food” (Kitchen Sink Press, 1989), Griffith writes, “Never has a comic strip been more simply or subtly created, or more underrated than Nancy.” Griffith has been reading “Nancy” since he was a kid in 1949, and as a respected underground comic artist, appreciates Bushmiller’s ability to create his “Nancy” comic strips with a “Zen-like mastery of form.” Griffith can speak knowing the success of comic artists.