'B.C.' cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at 76

  • Vielleicht kennt ja jemand hier seine Werke.


    All of it was thanks to cartoonist Johnny Hart, who died Saturday at age 76 while working at his home in the nearby hamlet of Nineveh. "He had a stroke," his wife, Bobby, said Sunday. "He died at his storyboard."


    Hart's "B.C." strip 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."


    Hart, who also co-created "The Wizard of Id," won numerous awards for his work, including the National Cartoonist Society's prestigious Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year and an award from the International Congress of Comics.


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  • Ist mir schon öfters untergekommen, obwohl ich es aber nicht so bewusst wahrgenommen hatte. Aber das muss man sich mal so richtig auf der Zunge zergehen lassen ... erschienen in 1.300 Zeitungen mit einem 100 Millionen Publikum .... Wahnsinn!

    Hm, was ich sammle - alles, was auch in meinen Galerien ist (http://www.frostrubin.com ), insbes. aber Wedding Peach. Sonst z.Z. niedlich Cels von Digi Charat, gute von Silent Möbius, Gokinjo Monogatari, Hana no ko LunLun, Wickie, Biene Maja und Magical Girls Serien.
    It's better to burn out than to fade away!