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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.
Coming out in 1979 with strips from May through October of 74. Either I was really in the mood for B.C. or Hart was in particularly good form for this particular run – I tend to think it was the latter, the book definitely had me laughing.