Heart of the City by Steenz for May 07, 2018
Transcript:
ha ha ha ha dean: What's so funny? let me see! heart: i'm reading the new "nancy" comic... ha ha ha heart:..it's so bizarre and surreal, and half the time i don't get it. ha ha ha ha dean: so what are you laughing about? heart: I'm imagining the faces of the old folks reading the new "nancy" comic.
drogers30 almost 6 years ago
I am trying to give the new Nancy a chance but I’m not really happy with the art work will give it 2 more months
blunebottle almost 6 years ago
What a cross-over! Mark must have been reading all the ranting going on in the comments on Nancy.
Good description of the new theme, though…
Rosette almost 6 years ago
Ooooh, Mark’s getting in on it too! Forget the 2016 election – the history books will remember the “Great Nancy Turnover of ’18”!
asrialfeeple almost 6 years ago
Looks like Heart doesn’t think it’s funny either.
verticallychallenged Premium Member almost 6 years ago
OK, now I’m getting curious. Nancy was never one of my favorites, even as a kid.
verticallychallenged Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I like it so far. That’s a switch from childhood.
Doctor Toon almost 6 years ago
Never a fan of Nancy, as a kid I only read it because I read every comic in the newspaper
To be honest I think the only reason I have been reading it until lately was the way Guy Gilchrist drew Aunt Fritzi, she looked liked my wife did when we met
My opinion, the new Nancy is awful, I already dropped it from my list
Meg: All Seriousness Aside almost 6 years ago
I added Nancy after Keef gave the new artist a shout-out. I am enjoying it, and I wonder if Olivia will add an “original” cartoon some day. I noticed that many cartoonists do two (or more) strips, although I feel that’s like playing simultaneous chess.
Meg: All Seriousness Aside almost 6 years ago
I feel stupid, commenting that the new Nancy is great. One of the dual-cartoon artists is, of course, Mr Tatulli, doing the couldn’t-be-less-Heartlike Lio. I enjoy them both, and I do feel like Heart is living my lost girlhood. Thank you, Mark, for sharing your talent.
Banjo Evans almost 6 years ago
So funny Mark. They’re confused and angry. The new Nancy is so much better they couldn’t even admit it if they wanted to because change means they’re a few steps closer to their ultimate reward.
VICTOR PROULX almost 6 years ago
Well, I’ll bite.
Jefano Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Isn’t it the REALLY old fans who loved Ernie Bushmiller who prefer Olivia Jaimes to Guy Gilchrist? I mean, to the extent it’s generational rather than a matter of taste.
Robert Miller Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I like the old Nancy comics…did not like the newest…pulled it from my list on GoComics.
David Bethke Premium Member almost 6 years ago
How much is GoComics paying these cartoonists to push the new “Nancy” strip, anyway?
rageiken almost 6 years ago
I am on the fence about deleting this comic. I honestly don’t like the drawing or the descriptions of what is going on. All my old favorites for years and years ago are still enjoyable even if they have a little different theme, but this one is not to my liking and that is too bad for me since I have enjoyed it over the year, but waiting for it to improve seems to be a fools errand.
Durak Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Guy Gilchrist’s Nancy is more like Heart of the City. Character development and longer story arcs.
Olivia Jaimes’ Nancy is more like Lio. Cast of characters, with a gag a day kind of format. Also Jaimes (so far, it seems) tends to do ‘silent’ comics, much like Lio. Sight gags. This is also much more like the old Nancy Bushmiller days.
I really got to where I could care about Nancy and Sluggo under Gilchrist. I want to give the new kid a chance, but I’m still not connecting with her vision yet.
Thanks for giving us a forum to talk about it here, Mark. I think how you manage to do TWO different style comics is incredible. Thanks for that, too.
listmom almost 6 years ago
THIS!!
newyorkslim almost 6 years ago
Um… I don’t think you’re going to shock or dismay “old folks” with a new version of an old comic. The old Nancy strip was once new and not that funny for the old folks who knew it when it was new and now find the new version of the old comic not that new or that funny either.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 6 years ago
I like a wide variety of comics here and on the Internet from Quantum Vibe to Girl Genius et al.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 6 years ago
GET OFFA MY LAWN! ;-)
Spade Jr. almost 6 years ago
What’s wrong with following the Calvin and Hobbes route? The cartoonist decides to end the strip, does so with class, and that’s IT. Then let a new cartoonist start a new strip with new characters of her or his choice and her or his own sense of humor. And just like a new tv show, after whatever is determined to be the “right” length of time, it either swims or sinks.
asrialfeeple almost 6 years ago
Amusing how Nancy took over the comment section of Heart of the city. I’m sure Dean and Heart are munching popcorn while watching it.
Decepticomic almost 3 years ago
Hah! This gets a like just for calling out whiny fans!