Sluggo is lit.
"Nancy," by Olivia Jaimes. /by Olivia Jaimes. ) By Michael Cavna Michael Cavna Writer/artist for Comic Riffs, covering visual storytelling, cartoon art/illustration, comedy/satire and animation. Email Bio Follow April 9 at 11:55 AM It was the waning days of 2017, and Andrews McMeel was looking to make a change. The venerable comic “Nancy” had been around for eight decades, and the syndicate was seeking to give the once-highly popular strip a creative transfusion with some new blood.
As “Nancy” fans traded diatribes on the site about the strip’s updated direction — including cheeky references to current tech — new readers and news outlets began to take notice. By last September, when a Jaimes strip spawned the meme “Sluggo is lit,” the revivified “Nancy” — which had reached its commercial zenith decades ago under Ernie Bushmiller — was once again a cultural hit.
Jaimes says the massive response to her start with “Nancy” has been affirming, though she notes that she has a protective policy to filter out the haters: “Read no comments or coverage, but occasionally be spoon-fed nice things other people have said by my editor — [that] has worked great.""Nancy," by Olivia Jaimes. /by Olivia Jaimes. ) As Jaimes’s editor, Wolf knew just what she had in hand — but that didn’t mean readers would soon flock with such clarity.
Hilary Price, the Silver Reuben Award-winning creator of the syndicated strip “Rhymes With Orange,” points to three crucial aspects in the resurgence of “Nancy.”
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