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1905 New York city - 1982. Known for: Illustrator-"Nancy" cartoon.
Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the highly successful "Nancy" comic strip, is noted for his quintessential cartoon style. He started drawing professionally while still in his teens and was involved with... Read full biography
Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the highly successful "Nancy" comic strip, is noted for his quintessential cartoon style. He started drawing professionally while still in his teens and was involved with cartoons and comic strips for over 60 years. In addition to the fuzzy-haired little Nancy and her... Read full biography
Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the highly successful "Nancy" comic strip, is noted for his quintessential cartoon style. He started drawing professionally while still in his teens and was involved with cartoons and comic strips for over 60 years. In addition to the fuzzy-haired little Nancy and her tough beau Sluggo, he created Phil Fumble and drew Firtzi Ritz from 1925 onward. Bushmiller was born in the Bronx of New York City. After six months of high school, the redheaded youth quit to take a... Read full biography
Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the highly successful "Nancy" comic strip, is noted for his quintessential cartoon style. He started drawing professionally while still in his teens and was involved with cartoons and comic strips for over 60 years. In addition to the fuzzy-haired little Nancy and her tough beau Sluggo, he created Phil Fumble and drew Firtzi Ritz from 1925 onward. Bushmiller was born in the Bronx of New York City. After six months of high school, the redheaded youth quit to take a job as a copy boy with the New York World: "I was the personal office boy for Alexander Woolcott, Heywood Broun, Walter Lippman, and many other immortals." Eventually he worked his way into the art department, becoming a colleague and friend of... Read full biography
Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the highly successful "Nancy" comic strip, is noted for his quintessential cartoon style. He started drawing professionally while still in his teens and was involved with cartoons and comic strips for over 60 years. In addition to the fuzzy-haired little Nancy and her tough beau Sluggo, he created Phil Fumble and drew Firtzi Ritz from 1925 onward. Bushmiller was born in the Bronx of New York City. After six months of high school, the redheaded youth quit to take a job as a copy boy with the New York World: "I was the personal office boy for Alexander Woolcott, Heywood Broun, Walter Lippman, and many other immortals." Eventually he worked his way into the art department, becoming a colleague and friend of Rudolph Dirks, H.T. Webster, Milt Gross, and Herb Roth. His own drawing style, first developed on the sidewalks and brick walls of the Bronx,... Read full biography
Ernie (Ernest Paul) Bushmiller - Artist Info
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
Art Subject
- •Comic Strip/Book Humor
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Awards/Recognition
- •Reuben Award, National Cartoon Society
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty