Ernie Bushmiller

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it was Ernie Bushmiller secret society.

Well, I love-

I know

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Ernie Bushmiller.

I'm just saying-

Yeah

That's fair.

But I think, I think there's, there's some, um, kind of Ernie Bushmiller-esque visual gag in having, you know, he did Nancy.

You know, I think there's some kind of a visual gag in having the balloon tails coiled around each other that could have been some kind of visual pun something.

You know, I think there's, there's...

Like, she's almost kind of a more icon than character sometimes.

I'm sort of talking fr- from Bushmiller's, it's like almost a comic about being a comic strip too.

Yeah.

Mm.

And I don't know, it's, it's a very interesting way to work.

Do you feel like... 'Cause obviously you could take it and run and just bring in completely new direction, and then it would be your Nancy, but it might not actually feel like Nancy.

And I feel like you've done a really good job at, uh, kinda split- splitting the difference where I'm just like, this feels very Caroline, but also your love of Bushmiller is so on the surface.

Um, did you have that issue of being like, "Who the hell is Nancy?" that I would have.

I think, I think comic strips are so essential.

A lot of people at our school love Nancy by Ernie Bush Miller, which is a great one.

And still going on to this day.

Are you

I'm

talking the Ernie Bushmiller Nancy.

Yes, okay.

Listen, I can't say anything bad about that, which I would never do anyway because Dennis is...