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Ernest Paul Bushmiller, Jr. (23 August 1905 – 15 August 1982) was an American cartoonist, best known for creating the long-running daily comic strip ''Nancy''. Born in the South Bronx, New York, Bushmiller was the son of immigrant parents, Ernest George Bushmiller and Elizabeth Hall. His father was an artist, vaudevillian and bartender. Bushmiller quit school at 14 to work as a copy boy at the ''New York World'' newspaper, while attending evening art classes at the National Academy of Design. He ran errands for the staff cartoonists and was given occasional illustration assignments, including a Sunday feature by Harry Houdini.〔(Harvey, R. C. "The Lawrence Welk of Cartoonists: Ernie, Nancy, and the Bushmiller Society". ''The Comics Journal'', April 10, 2012. )〕〔(Lambiek: Ernest Bushmiller )〕 ==Comic strips== Early in 1925, cartoonist Larry Whittington, creator of the comic strip ''Fritzi Ritz'',〔("Fritzi Ritz Before Bushmiller: She’s Come a Long Way, Baby!," ''Hogan's Alley'' #7, 1999 )〕 left to produce another strip, ''Mazie the Model''. Bushmiller then took over ''Fritzi Ritz'', ghostwriting it, before eventually taking over officially. Bushmiller's name did not appear on the strip until May 1926. He expanded to a Sunday strip on October 6, 1929.〔 Bushmiller had already been producing a comic strip for the ''New York Evening Graphic'' titled ''Mac the Manager''.〔(''Punch Lines: Ernie Bushmiller's Mac the Manager'', Hogan's Alley, 1999 )〕 The character of Fritzi was modeled after Bushmiller's fiance, Abby Bohnet, the daughter of a train conductor. The couple, who married July 9, 1930, had no children. In 1931, they headed for Hollywood, where Bushmiller wrote gags for Harold Lloyd's ''Movie Crazy'',〔(Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers: 1945 - 1980 ), by Moira Davison Reynolds; published 2003, by McFarland & Company (via Google Books)〕 continuing to draw ''Fritzi Ritz'' at the same time. A year later, they returned to the Bronx.〔〔(Markstein, Don. Toonopedia: ''Fritzi Ritz'' )〕 Bushmiller introduced Nancy, Fritzi's niece, to the strip on January 2, 1933. The character proved popular, so she appeared more often. As Aunt Fritzi was seen less frequently, the strip was eventually retitled ''Nancy'' in 1938. The popular strip was translated into various languages, including Italian, German, Swedish and Norwegian. ''Phil Fumble'' was a Bushmiller strip which ran from 1932 through 1938.〔〔 Bushmiller started working each day about 2pm, and he often sat at his drawing table well into the early morning hours of the next day. He usually began a strip with the last panel and then worked back toward the first panel. The simplicity of his style brought praise from Art Spiegelman and other artists. Tom Smucker, writing in ''The Village Voice'', observed: As Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden noted in their essay, "How to Read Nancy": Comics theorist Scott McCloud described the essence of Bushmiller and his creation: In 1979, Bushmiller was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but he continued to produce the strip with the help of assistants Will Johnson and Al Plastino. He lived in Stamford, Connecticut, where he died in 1982. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernie Bushmiller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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