Growingold with BC: A Celebration of Johnny Hart

by Johnny Hart

One of the most beloved comic strips of all time is comprehensively collected here for the first time. These are the personally hand-picked strips from the master himself, Johnny Hart, prior to his death in April 2007. This edition celebrates the (pre)historic hilarity which was BC. Each chapter lovingly captures the best strips from each decade of the comic strip from the 1950's through the 2000's. This volume also features detailed descriptions of the real friends that inspired B.C. characters and discussion of the strip by Johnny Hart. In this volume you will find a foreword by Bobby Hart, rare, never before published concept art drawn by Johnny Hart just prior to the launch of the strip and a newly created cover drawn by Mr. Hart especially for this volume. He will be missed.

Genres: Cartoon, Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor

196 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

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John Lewis Hart, also known as Johnny Hart, was an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strip B.C. and co-creator (with Brant Parker) of the strip The Wizard of Id. Hart was recognized with several awards, including five from the National Cartoonists Society, and the Swedish Adamson Award. In his later years, he sparked controversy by incorporating overtly Christian themes and messages into the strips.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sample of 50 years of "B.C." with comic strips selected from each decade of publication. The book includes a look at the people from Johnny Hart's life who influenced characters in the strip.

It will remind you that while "B.C." wasn't exactly a ground-breaking strip, it still had its moments when it was funny.

[Frank McGirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had a ton of the B.C. paperbacks when I was a kid...and I remember some of the strips. There's some quite clever word play here, but not a ton, and it's sort of, um, interesting to see Hart's devolution into different ways of easily/cheaply setting up bad punchlines of old jokes.

And, um, realizing that the women characters had the names "Fat Broad" and "Cute Chick."

[Jennifer Booth · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book!!!!!😁

I have been a fan of B.C. For years. This book is great treat. I love it just as much as my old paperback editions.