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"BC" and "Wizard of Id" Creator Johnny Hart dies
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Posted on 04/08/2007 10:24:35 AM PDT by Shady

(Posted Vanity due to copyright restrictions) We have just learned from our local Gannett Newspaper site in Broome County NY that Johnny Hart, creator of "BC" and "Wizard of Id" died in his Ninevah NY home yesterday.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bc; breakingnews; culture; easter; hart; johnny; johnnyhart; obituaries; obituary; wizardofid
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To: Shady

May he rest in peace.


121 posted on 04/08/2007 3:09:34 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
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To: Shady

http://lambiek.net/artists/h/hart.htm

A great comic artist, and a military vet as well!


122 posted on 04/08/2007 3:10:13 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
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To: Alex Murphy

***For those of you who didn’t know, Johnny Hart was a Christian.***

I wonder if the LA Times will publish an obituary without dancing on his grave. If I remember, they dropped Hart’s cartoons because of their Christian Easter messages.


123 posted on 04/08/2007 3:49:08 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Shady
I was JUST thinking about him 5 hours ago, considering a business name with a BC acronym.

He lived a long life, and was my favorite cartoonist. At one time I owned ALL his BC books, something like 19. Now my niece has them and won’t let me near them...

124 posted on 04/08/2007 3:49:12 PM PDT by elfman2 (An army of amateurs doing the media's job.)
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To: Chickensoup

An AP article says he died of a stroke


125 posted on 04/08/2007 3:53:37 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: RichInOC

I thought the ZOT! also came from the anteater in B.C. and maybe that is the case. But Wikipedia’s entry on “B.C.”
says:

“Altporn website Suicide Girls actually refer to the termination of accounts for TOS violations as “zotting”, a reference to the sound of lightning bolts in the comic.”


126 posted on 04/08/2007 3:56:18 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

...stroke.

Thank you for the information.

God Bless Johnny Hart. I like a man with courage.


127 posted on 04/08/2007 3:59:46 PM PDT by Chickensoup (.The Muzzies are hanging us with the rope we paid out to the leftists.)
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To: Shady

A tearful farewell to GROG the worlds first four letter human,the Wiz,Sir Rodney,Bung,Spook& all the rest.8^(

They shall be missed.


128 posted on 04/08/2007 4:20:56 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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To: JockoManning

AMEN!


129 posted on 04/08/2007 4:28:31 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD!)
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To: Shady

I take his Easter passing as message from God, to the rest of us, that He was pleased with Johnny’s life and work.


130 posted on 04/08/2007 4:28:57 PM PDT by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
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To: Quix

The BC strip for today:

http://news.yahoo.com/comics/bc;_ylt=AljzjfDXhAr1SX_mK4CqkwEDwLAF

It made me cry.


131 posted on 04/08/2007 4:31:13 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: raccoonradio

He had been battling lymphoma, and just a week ago, the doctors declared him to be cancer-free.


132 posted on 04/08/2007 4:37:57 PM PDT by guinnessman (Go White Sox!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

There were a few editors who were ticked off at his Christian messages. (You can guess which ones,) It didn’t matter to him. He keep writing them anyway.


133 posted on 04/08/2007 4:47:31 PM PDT by guinnessman (Go White Sox!)
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To: Shady
What terribly sad news.

Mr. Hart passed working at what he always did best, helping readers to smile and laugh, and fearlessly bearing witness for the Lord in a medium that is almost exclusively anti-Christian. Our family will miss him very much.
134 posted on 04/08/2007 4:54:52 PM PDT by MelonFarmerJ (Proudly voting Republican Conservative in every election since 1964)
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To: guinnessman; All
Thanks for info...the AP article had said a stroke and I was quoting that; I stand corrected.

Hart designed the logo for the minor league hockey team the B.C. (Broome County) Icemen

135 posted on 04/08/2007 4:56:13 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Shady

An amazing talent. He will be missed.


136 posted on 04/08/2007 4:57:48 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker ( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! Or Rudy/Hillary if you want to murder conservatism)
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To: Alex Murphy
O death, where is thy sting?

Thanks for the ping. I've never been much of a cartoon reader, but Johnny Hart's stuff that's posted on this thread is wonderful. May he rest in peace.

137 posted on 04/08/2007 5:11:19 PM PDT by AlbionGirl
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To: Shady

Sad news. He wasn’t afraid to be politically incorrect in his cartoons and I appreciated that.


138 posted on 04/08/2007 5:12:32 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Shady

Johnny Hart got the BIG ZOT today.

Rest In Peace


139 posted on 04/08/2007 5:23:35 PM PDT by TalBlack
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To: MelonFarmerJ
His findagrave site is here. You can leave virtual flowers, a few thoughts, etc.
140 posted on 04/08/2007 5:30:07 PM PDT by Richard Kimball
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