Johnny Hart, B.C. Creator dies at 76

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 11:43pm

Found this on Yahoo:
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[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 4/8/07 at 11:45pm

that's so sad.

[MisterRussell]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 10:43am

Just last week I emailed Mr. Hart, making inquiries about the rights to "The Wizard of Id;" I was planning to start work on a musical based on the comic strip. I got an email back from the syndicate indicating that "Mr. Hart has many other projects that he's currently working on, and is unable to give his attention to your project at this time."

I realize it was probably just a form letter, but it was weird to have him pass so suddenly after i had contacted him.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 10:46am

Does his will unlock the secret of why a comic strip that focused so much on Christianity implied in its very title that the strip took place before that religion even existed?

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 11:47am

MisterRussell - there already exists a musical of "The Wizard of Id". I saw it at the University of Maryland in the mid 70's. My best friend from high school played the wizard.


Calvin - this article from today's Washington Post might have the answer to your question.


Johnny Hart's obit Updated On: 4/9/07 at 11:47 AM

[keen on kean]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 12:27pm

I have always loved his work, and was sorry to see about his death. But that's the way I want to die - actively pursuing a life-long joy.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 8:28pm

I loved his feminism, with such fantastic creations as The Fat Broad, etc., as well as his historical accuracy as pointed out by Calvin.

Truly, proof that only the good die young.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 8:31pm

Ah Namo you forgot his legendary tolerance for others! Like any true man of God, he realized that there are many paths to the Lord and treated all other religions with Respect.

And of course, his grasp of natural history was legendary!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 8:34pm

Yes, yes, a great man, truly.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 8:43pm

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 8:50pm

And then there was his famous "Homosexuality is the handiwork of Satan" comment.

What's not to like?

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 8:58pm

Ah, but wonderwaiter, he repeatedly said that strip had nothing to do with Islam. Ignore the crescents and the "SLAM" written in the shape of an "I." Rather, it was a pointed joke about, uh, outhouses smelling bad. Because, you see, they do sometimes, with the lack of plumbing and...uh...yeah, that's the gag. Ha! Gag! It works on so many levels!

Still, it skeeves me out to speak completely ill of the dead, so I will say that if even Garry Trudeau defended him on occasion, there must have been something there.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 9:02pm

Of course! I'm sure it's right up there with his Menorah strip. Nothing implied at all.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/9/07 at 9:37pm

And he didn't get all bogged down with, you know, words have meaning and all. Like how "comic" means "funny."

[Pippin]

Posted: 4/10/07 at 11:10am

I'm not defending him, becuase I don't agree with pretty much any of his point of views, and never found the strip (either of them) funny, but at least he was brave enough to make actual statements according to his beliefs through his art, and while I do not agree with it, I think that it is admirable.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/10/07 at 11:23am

Never fear! Bruce Tinsley is still around (if he can stay out of jail on drinking and driving charges, that is) to carry the conservative comic torch. Look at the funny way he draws noses!
Updated On: 4/10/07 at 11:23 AM

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:43pm

I thought that he was pretty funny before he got religious.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:54pm

Calvin, I loathe that comic. It's never, ever been even a little funny.