By Johnny Hart (CheckerBPG)
ISBN: 978-1-905239-63-4
In 1958, for some inexplicable reason, caveman jokes were everywhere in magazines. And yet General Electric draughtsman and wannabe cartoonist Johnny Hart couldn’t sell a single one. He also wanted to create a syndicated newspaper strip but couldn’t think of an idea. And then one of his co-workers said one not do one about Cavemen?
B.C. is an every day kind of guy but he has some odd and interesting friends. All of them are based on actual people, life-long friends of Hart’s, and their reminiscences are a charming and poignant insight into the life of one of the most revered and successful cartoonists of modern times.
With a decade by decade selection of the best of the strips, supplemented by a list of its many awards, and packed with photographs and observations, this is a delightful commemoration of a great and very funny strip.
Johnny Hart died during the finishing stages of this book’s creation, and this is undoubtedly the best way to celebrate his achievements. His legacy of brain-tickling, surreal lunacy will never date, and creative anachronism has never been better used to raise a smile or an eyebrow in this lush collection of timely and timeless fun.
B.C. © 2007 Creators Syndicate Inc. B.C.© 1958-2006 John L. Hart Family Limited Patrnership.