# Do you know this comic strip character? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449 "2014-12-16T23:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/21 "2014-12-17T00:52:45Z")
I’m 39. I knew who she is, and I was surprised when no one on Jeopardy knew her. FYI, Nancy was my favorite comic strip until I was about 8. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/22 "2014-12-17T01:00:51Z")
I knew (well, suspected) who it was going to be even before looking at the picture, from recognizing Ernie Bushmiller’s name. I do remember seeing the strip in the newspaper when I was a kid (I’m 46 now), but it was past its prime and I was never very impressed by it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/23 "2014-12-17T01:01:18Z")
The strip started as Fritzi Fritz, who was a flapper. And then she wound up having her niece Nancy saddled on her, and it went downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/24 "2014-12-17T01:05:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > C’mon, who could be expected to know about obscure comic strip characters from decades ago? Well, maybe people would know _Krazy Kat_, but certainly not any others. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/25 "2014-12-17T01:08:30Z")
I recognised her but suspect it is through that strip being lampooned in some latter day US cartoon strip like Bloom County. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/26 "2014-12-17T01:20:38Z")
I’m 34, and know who that is. I can’t remember though, if I ever have read any actual strips, or if I just know it from MAD Magazine versions (I still have all my dad’s MAD books from when he was a kid). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/27 "2014-12-17T01:25:22Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I recognized it. I’m 38. That comic strip appeared in the Sunday paper until I was 10 or 15. I’m 39 and recognized it right away. I was wondering if this was a trick question. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/28 "2014-12-17T04:19:05Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Sure I recognize N\*\*\*y. > > Worst comic ever. Yeah I know. It was in the comics for ages. Why? It’s one of life’s mysteries. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/29 "2014-12-17T04:56:38Z")
I’m 41. For me it was, “Oh! Oh! I should know this! Uh…tip of my tongue… Not Sluggo, but the other one! Damn!” I couldn’t come up with her name. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/30 "2014-12-17T05:15:48Z")
She went downhill rapidly once she hooked up with Sid. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/31 "2014-12-17T05:27:07Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > OMG, of course. Nancy, Sluggo, Aunt Fritzi Ritz (who was quite the babe in her day), Rollo the rich kid, Irma, Poochie! > > Anybody remember [this cartoon gal](http://cdn.anthonyscomicbookart.com/Images/Category_2/subcat_401/avpp3-29-67.jpg)? Little Iodine? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/32 "2014-12-17T05:37:58Z")
> [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](#): > > Little Iodine? Priscilla in _ **Priscilla’s Pop** _. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/33 "2014-12-17T05:53:14Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Sure I recognize N\*\*\*y. > > Worst comic ever. No, that would be F **y C** s. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/34 "2014-12-17T05:59:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No, that would be F **y C** s. WTF is F **y C** s? I probably should know, but I’m drawing a blank. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/35 "2014-12-17T06:19:06Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > WTF is F **y C** s? I probably should know, but I’m drawing a blank. I’m guessing Family Circus. Not a reader/fan. Just can’t think of another that fits the clue. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/36 "2014-12-17T06:21:26Z")
When I was in high school (c. 1970 - 1974), a poetry anthology in one of my English classes had a poem called “Nancy.” The eponymous character was portrayed as a misbehaving little brat, and there were.dark hints about how her aunt Fritzi Ritz made her living. Wish I could find that poem and re-read it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/37 "2014-12-17T06:25:20Z")
nm. Ninja’d. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/38 "2014-12-17T06:27:06Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m guessing Family Circus. Not a reader/fan. Just can’t think of another that fits the clue. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/39 "2014-12-17T06:36:03Z")
I knew who it was before looking because I recognized the artist’s name. For reference, I’m 45 and I do remember the comic. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449/40 "2014-12-17T07:20:01Z")
I am 45. I remember the comic, but I also remember getting [Nancy and Sluggo paper dolls](http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NANCY-SLUGGO-Paper-Dolls-Booklet-Cardboard-Cut-Outs-1974-Unused-VERY-GOOD-/311042740304) as a kid. It seems to me that the hospital gift shop had very few amusements for kids. But they had paper dolls, and only a few different varieties. It seemed that every trip to the hospital, either as a visitor, or as an emergency room patient, ended up with me getting a book of paper dolls, or one of those cardboard farm sets to assemble. When I was six I had my tonsils out and I had several sets of all those books when I came home. (I think they kept me in about 4 days!) Nancy and Sluggo were disproportionately huge compared to the other dolls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-comic-strip-character/707449.md?page=3)