- Resurrection Rest easy, Ernie Bushmiller: Nancy lives again Out of the blue, the best comic strip ever has emerged from a decade of embarrassment. The spirit of Ernie Bushmiller has returned to Nancy. There is a long tradition of comics continuing after the death of their creator. The comic strip being a franchise, its title is a brand name to be preserved and exploited. Often the successors are ...www.interestingideas.com/ii/nancy.htm