Finally!!! This has been in the works for – literally – over a quarter-century (the project goes at least as far back as 1988, as you can see [if you squint] by the copyright date of this poorly formatted scan of an early installment of the text posted HERE). After repeated cancellations and seemingly interminable delays, How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels, Mark Newgarden & Paul Karasik's definitive deconstruction of Ernie Bushmiller's iconic Nancy strip - and, by extension, all of comics - has at long last been published and has touched down at Copacetic. Finally!!!
Learn more by reading Dan Nadel's insightful review on TCJ, HERE. And then be sure to read this interview with Mark and Paul (speaking as one) from Print Magazine, HERE. This will prime you for the Nancy Zone™, which purchasers of this book will soon be entering...
ISBN: 9781606993613
BACK IN PRINT! BACK IN STOCK!! SPECIAL PRICE!!!
After a long drought where we were all bereft of Nancy, with nothing whatsoever in print, 2024 proved to be the Year of Nancy. Now here's a chance to celebrate by giving the gift of Nancy with this special Copacetically curated three volume set:
Nancy & Sluggo's Guide to Life
and
all for one low price. Nancy!
Here it is: the complete collected edition of the graphic novel adaptations of Paul Autster's legendary New York Trilogy, adapted by Paul Karasik with art by David Mazzucchelli (City of Glass), Lorenzo Mattotti (Ghossts) and Karasik himself (The Locked Room).
Dig deeper in Greg Hunter's TCJ review, HERE; Sean Dillon's review on The Beat, HERE. ; and The Comics Grinder (aka Henry Chamberline) review, HERE.
hardcover w/dustjacket | 400 pages | black and white
