UNIVERSALIZING HISTORIANS have given the newspaper comic strip a distinguished pedigree as the twentieth-century descendant of sacred Egyptian hieroglyphics. True or not, no classic strip was better suited to embellish the inner sanctum of Pharaoh Tut’s tomb than Ernie Bushmiller’s long-running tot saga Nancy.
John Ashbury, a Frederick author and historian, just released his fourth book, “Reflections.” It’s billed as a collection of “eclectic selections from the archives of Frederick Magazine.”