Comic books in 'Nancy: The Complete Dailies (Fantagraphics)'

1st printing. Written by Ernie Bushmiller and Daniel Clowes. Art and cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy IS HAPPY GN COMPLETE DAILIES 1942-1945 collects every daily strip of Ernie Bushmiller's hyper-stylized, nearly abstract comic in from 1942-1945 in a fat, square format (designed by the award-winning Jacob Covey). It includes a biography of Bushmiller and many more extras. The zenlike Nancy is the distillation of a newspaper comic strip, so much so that it illustrates the "comic strip" entry in the American Heritage Dictionary. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 324 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. By Ernie Bushmiller. Three more full years of Ernie Bushmiller's beloved comic strip, featuring over one thousand meticulously restored daily strips from its post-World-War II graphic high point. Superbly crafted and extremely funny, Nancy Likes Christmas is topped off with a new introduction by Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 344 pages, B&W. All Ages Cover price $26.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Ernie Bushmiller. Connoisseurs including Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes, Joe Brainard, and Andy Warhol have recognized that Ernie Bushmiller's Nancyapproached its own kind of zen-like cartoon perfection. Fantagraphics' beloved Nancyseries finally packages Nancywith the reverence it deserves. Our third volume contains another full three years of daily Nancystrips, from an era many regard as Bushmiller's finest. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 336 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $39.99.