B.C.' cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at 76
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) - Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning B.C. comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, has died. He was 76.
Hart died Saturday while working at his home in Endicott.
"He had a stroke," his wife, Bobby, said Sunday. "He died at his storyboard."
B.C., populated by prehistoric cavemen and dinosaurs, was launched in 1958 and eventually appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers with an audience of 100 million, according to Creators Syndicate Inc., which distributes it.
"He was generally regarded as one of the best cartoonists we've ever had," Hart's friend Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips, said from his California home. "He was totally original. B.C broke ground and led the way for a number of imitators, none of which ever came close."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-04-08-johnny-hart-obit_N.htm?POE=LIFISVA
Hart died Saturday while working at his home in Endicott.
"He had a stroke," his wife, Bobby, said Sunday. "He died at his storyboard."
B.C., populated by prehistoric cavemen and dinosaurs, was launched in 1958 and eventually appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers with an audience of 100 million, according to Creators Syndicate Inc., which distributes it.
"He was generally regarded as one of the best cartoonists we've ever had," Hart's friend Mell Lazarus, creator of the Momma and Miss Peach comic strips, said from his California home. "He was totally original. B.C broke ground and led the way for a number of imitators, none of which ever came close."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-04-08-johnny-hart-obit_N.htm?POE=LIFISVA
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He was one of the good guys, and will be missed.[:(]
I liked how he wasn't afraid to put a Christian message in his strips.
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I enjoyed the B.C. comic strip as well! 0 -
He was one of the best, I will greatly miss his strip[:(] 0 -
BC was my toon, the 1st thing every day when I was young... 0 -
You're still young.
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I really liked that comic strip. The Christian references were great. 0 -
Wow...really liked that strip. We lost Schultz (Peanuts) and now Hart...Sunday papers arent gonna be the same. 0 -
He was a good one. Let's hope someone will take over the strip and continue it. 0 -
B.C. and Charlie Brown were the BEST! 0 -
Yep he lived two mins down the road from us . 0 -
I conjure the image from the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail..."
" As the horrendous Black Beast lunged forward, escape
for Arthur and his Knights seemed hopeless. When, suddenly, the animator suffered a fatal heart attack. (Terry Gilliam, animator of the black Beast of Augh, falls over backwards in his chair while at his storyboard) The cartoon peril was no more. The Quest for the Holy Grail could continue."
Sorry, it's the sick side of me showing again. "B.C. was alright, got a little "preachy" for my tastes, though, running the same theme over and over.....0 -
Remember back in the day all teh gas stations gave away stamps and junk? Gas wars I guess in the 70's?
Marathon (I think) gave away BC glasses, plates, etc.
I still have a couple of the steak knives. They have a bone-shaped handle.0
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