Its origins lie in Fritzi Ritz, a strip Bushmiller inherited from its creator Larry Whittington in 1925. After Fritzi’s niece Nancy was introduced in 1933, Fritzi Ritz evolved to focus more and more on Nancy instead of Fritzi. The new strip took the old one’s daily slot, while Fritzi Ritz continued as a Sunday comic, with Nancy taking the Sunday slot previously filled by Bushmiller’s Phil Fumble strip beginning on October 30, 1938.[2]
![I have to break up with Sluggo [Nancy by Caroline Cash]](https://lemmus.org/pictrs/image/6e34d978-4e57-405a-a525-8fe1f3ab5baa.webp){kind=link}
It’s been around for a long time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_(comic_strip)