Nancy | |
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![]() Nancy (June 5, 1960) | |
Author(s) |
Olivia Jaimes (2018–present) |
Current status/schedule | Running |
Launch date | October 30, 1938 (title changed from Fritzi Ritz) |
Syndicate(s) | United Feature Syndicate / United Media / Andrews McMeel Syndication |
Genre(s) | Surreal humor, gag-a-day, satire, slice of life |
Preceded by | Fritzi Ritz |
Nancy | |
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Publication information | |
First appearance | January 2, 1933 |
In-story information | |
Supporting character of | Fritzi Ritz (aunt) |
Nancy is an American comic strip, originally written and drawn by Ernie Bushmiller and distributed by United Feature Syndicate and Andrews McMeel Syndication.[1] Its origins lie in Fritzi Ritz, a strip Bushmiller inherited from its creator Larry Whittington in 1925. After Fritzi's niece Nancy was introduced in 1933, Fritzi Ritz evolved to focus more and more on Nancy instead of Fritzi. The new strip took the old one's daily slot, while Fritzi Ritz continued as a Sunday comic, with Nancy taking the Sunday slot previously filled by Bushmiller's Phil Fumble strip beginning on October 30, 1938.[2]