{"product_id":"three-rocks-story-of-ernie","title":"Three Rocks Story of Ernie","description":"From Bill Griffith, creator of \u003ci\u003eZippy the Pinhead\u003c\/i\u003e, comes \u003ci\u003eThree\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRocks\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the iconic comic strip Nancy. But this graphic novel is about more than a single comic book artist. It is the story of this American art form, tracing its inception in 1895 with \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Kid\u003c\/i\u003e, the creation of \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e in 1933, and all the strips that followed, including \u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Far Side\u003c\/i\u003e. When Bushmiller died in 1982, \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e was running in almost 900 daily newspapers-a number few syndicated cartoonists ever achieve. The title \u003ci\u003eThree Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e refers to the trope of three hemispherical rocks often seen in a Bushmiller landscape-just enough to communicate environment to the reader. This distillation is exemplary of the iconic, diagrammatic look of \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e, a comic strip about the nature of what it means to be a comic strip-the perfect avatar for Griffith to expand upon his philosophy of creating comics. ","brand":"Abrams Comicarts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45645593018614,"sku":"JUN231508","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0370\/6368\/8331\/files\/STL274947.jpg?v=1700112103","url":"https:\/\/jhu-comic-books.myshopify.com\/products\/three-rocks-story-of-ernie","provider":"JHU Comic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}