All I Know I Learned from Cartoons

Who calls at that late hour?
Who else?

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^why is his kneecap missing?

He damn-near burned it off.

The correct answer is: That is the end of the cut of meat (from whatever animal it is) he's holding as he's cooking.

I looked a few times at that, myself. In typical Larson style, Zog (the smart one) is wearing glasses.
 
He damn-near burned it off.

The correct answer is: That is the end of the cut of meat (from whatever animal it is) he's holding as he's cooking.

I looked a few times at that, myself. In typical Larson style, Zog (the smart one) is wearing glasses.
No, no, no. It connects directly to his foot. It's his leg.
HEY, ZOG! Come over here and check this out, buddy! What gives?
 
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After Charles Shulz and Elzie Segar, Ernie Bushmiller is my favorite newspaper comic strip artist. Nancy is truly unique, a blend of surrealism and hoary gags that would make The Three Stooges blush.

Over the years, Ernie’s work has attracted a fanatical group of devotees who pay tribute to this anti-intellectual artist in unexpected ways such as this offbeat academic treatise:

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Fantagraphics Press released three long out of print volumes from the Golden Age of Nancy (1943-51). While searching for the last volume at a price that wouldn’t unduly shock Mrs. Ojai, I ran across this bizarre interview with Denis Kitchen who himself has published 5 more essential Nancy volumes. If life imitates art, Kitchen somehow found a way to capture Nancy’s eccentric philosophical charm in the form of s dialogue not unlike Plato. Seriously.


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After Charles Shulz and Elzie Segar, Ernie Bushmiller is my favorite newspaper comic strip artist. Nancy is truly unique, a blend of surrealism and hoary gags that would make The Three Stooges blush.

Over the years, Ernie’s work has attracted a fanatical group of devotees who pay tribute to this anti-intellectual artist in unexpected ways such as this offbeat academic treatise:

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Fantagraphics Press released three long out of print volumes from the Golden Age of Nancy (1943-51). While searching for the last volume at a price that wouldn’t unduly shock Mrs. Ojai, I ran across this bizarre interview with Denis Kitchen who himself has published 5 more essential Nancy volumes. If life imitates art, Kitchen somehow found a way to capture Nancy’s eccentric philosophical charm in the form of s dialogue not unlike Plato. Seriously.


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:D

TMCM: Doesn't the book that you published about your own company on its 25th anniversary have a page depicting you in Nancy drag?

Kitchen: I don't remember.
 
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