{"id":1501,"date":"2007-11-28T18:09:40","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T18:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2007-11-28T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2007-11-28T18:10:12","slug":"growing-old-with-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2007\/11\/28\/growing-old-with-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Old With B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Growing<\/p>\n

By Johnny Hart<\/strong> (CheckerBPG)
\nISBN: 978-1-905239-63-4<\/p>\n

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?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

B.C. \u00c2\u00a9 2007 Creators Syndicate Inc. B.C.\u00c2\u00a9 1958-2006 John L. Hart Family Limited Patrnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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