RIP Johnny Hart

[2muchcoffeeman]

"B.C." cartoonist (and co-creator of the "Wizard of Id" strip) dead at 76. He had a stroke and died at his storyboard Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070409/ap_en_ot/obit_hart_12

 

[Unibomber]

B.C. is now A.D.

 

[slappy4428]

 

[EStreetJoe]

Will someone finish the last strip or will it run Monty Python & the Holy Grail style -- "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh" "What is that?" "He must have died while carving it."

 

[BYH]

Dude that's horribly offensive.




















Save me a spot in hell I laughed too.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Dude that's horribly offensive.




















Save me a spot in hell I laughed too.

Offensive, no. Sick and in extremely poor taste, yes.

 

[Duane Postum]

I gotta say, that's the way to go, if you're a cartoonist. At your storyboard.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

B.C. is now A.D.

Huh?

 

[Write-brained]

B.C. is now A.D.

Huh?

After Death?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

A.D. means Anno Domini, "in the year of (our) Lord."

I don't get the connection here.

 

[Write-brained]

Have you ever heard of B.C. "Before Christ" and A.D. "After Death" ... that was how my public school taught it

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Really?

Then how did they account for the years between B.C. and what they were telling you A.D. meant?

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Will someone finish the last strip or will it run Monty Python & the Holy Grail style -- "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh" "What is that?" "He must have died while carving it."

OK, I'll do it.
"Maybe he was dictating."

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Sorry, FB. I was busy correcting the poor kids who went to public school.

Nice work. ;D

 

[Write-brained]

Really?

Then how did they account for the years between B.C. and what they were telling you A.D. meant?

To be honest, I wasn't paying attention ... religion talk makes me sleepy ...

I did ask the Catholic wife, the resident religion expert in my home, and she explained that you're right about 33 years between BC and AD and reasoned (After Death) is sort of an ignorant protestant thing ...

 

[MTM]

Does this mean someone else will now spew religious propoganda on the comics page?

 

[Unibomber]

BC to AD = IT WAS A FRIGGIN JOKE, JUST ROLL WITH IT A-HOLES!
I know what it stands for. Jeez.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Sorry. I didn't have any idea what you meant. I was just curious.

I never heard A.D. explained as "after death."

Sorry.

 

[Double J]

Does this mean someone else will now spew religious propoganda on the comics page?

Um, do you even know what religion Johnny Hart claimed as his own? Without looking, I mean. Because I sure couldn't tell from his comic strips. I also never felt preached at when I read them, nor did I feel I was swallowing anyone's "propaganda."

All I knew was that he was obviously a spiritual man, and wtf is wrong with that?

RIP, Johnny.

 

[Write-brained]

Does this mean someone else will now spew religious propoganda on the comics page?

Um, do you even know what religion Johnny Hart claimed as his own? Without looking, I mean. Because I sure couldn't tell from his comic strips. I also never felt preached at when I read them, nor did I feel I was swallowing anyone's "propaganda."

All I knew was that he was obviously a spiritual man, and wtf is wrong with that?

RIP, Johnny.

He could be preachy at times.