But not for Ernie Bushmiller. All he needs are one fence, a tree and three rocks” — a reference to the visually efficient and clean aesthetic of Bushmiller’s “Nancy” strips.

The great cartoonist Wally Wood once observed that not reading Ernie ... explained Bushmiller’s drawing philosophy before. The oft-used example is that the perfect number of rocks to communicate ...

“Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, The Man Who Created Nancy” is cartoonist/graphic novelist Bill Griffith‘s magnum opus, bringing a unique perspective to the life and work of a ...

According to Bill Griffiths graphic novel biography of Ernie Bushmiller, Three Rocks, the comic artist often got the idea for a gag first, and then worked backwards to figure out how his ...

Listen up: That silence you hear might mean Ernie Bushmiller has given up rolling and tumbling in the grave, About a month has passed since Bushmiller’s faintly surviving creation, the comic str ...