{"product_id":"the-new-nancy-flexible-and-relatable-daily-comics-in-the-twenty-first-century-paperback-softback-9781496235862","title":"The New Nancy; Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496235862","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe New Nancy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFlexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeff Karnicky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496235862, University of Nebraska Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 5 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Karnicky's book serves as a testament to the enduring relevance and evolution of comic strips within a world that is in a constant state of flux.\"-Tanya Goyal, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Extremely impressive. Jeff Karnicky demonstrates why Olivia Jaimes’s \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of central importance. The book offers insights on the materiality of contemporary comics, including their labor conditions, their publication practices, and the ways they reflect current events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. . . . An important advance in the scholarly conversation about comics.”-Aaron Kashtan, author of \u003ci\u003eBetween Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe New Nancy\u003c\/i\u003e Jeff Karnicky explores how today’s successful daily comic strips are flexible and relatable, and he uses Olivia Jaimes’s 2018 reboot of the long-running comic strip \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e to illustrate the ways that contemporary comics have adapted to twenty-first-century technology and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Because comic creation has become part of the gig economy, flexible comics must be accessible to both online and print readers, and they must quickly grab readers’ attention. Flexible comic creators like Jaimes must focus both on the work of producing comics and on building an audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daily comics also must form a relatable connection with readers. Most contemporary comic creators cultivate an online persona through which they engage readers with specific identities, beliefs, and expectations. This work might form a mutually beneficial bond that results in a successful daily comic strip, but it risks becoming fraught, toxic, and sometimes even dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jaimes cultivates a relatable persona in connection with longtime readers and new fans. \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e finds its humor in both nostalgic objects (like cookie jars) and contemporary technological objects (like smartphones). Rebooted comic strips like \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e directly confront the stereotypical representations that haunt the past of comics. Focusing on \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e’s role in contemporary culture, Karnicky uses literary studies, cultural studies, and media studies to argue that Jaimes’s comic strip has something to say about comics, contemporary culture, and the intersection of the two.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Series Editors’\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. “\u003cbr\u003eGoing \u003ci\u003eIn\u003c\/i\u003e on That Cornbread”\u003cbr\u003e: Becoming Flexible, Becoming #Relatable (April 9, 2018)\u003cbr\u003e 1. “\u003cbr\u003eCash Preferred”\u003cbr\u003e: Olivia Jaimes’\u003cbr\u003es Working Persona (November 8, 2019)\u003cbr\u003e 2. “\u003cbr\u003eNew Year, New Me!”\u003cbr\u003e: Nancy’\u003cbr\u003es Representations (June 4, 2018)\u003cbr\u003e 3. “\u003cbr\u003eBut I Broke the Fourth Wall!”\u003cbr\u003e: Nancy’\u003cbr\u003es Object Humor (January 20, 2019)\u003cbr\u003e 4. “\u003cbr\u003eYou’\u003cbr\u003eve Got Your Mask, Right?”\u003cbr\u003e: Nancy’\u003cbr\u003es Pandemic (November 3, 2020)\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600264458520,"sku":"9781496235862","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-new-nancy-flexible-and-relatable-daily-comics-in-the-twenty-first-century-paperback-softback-9781496235862","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}