Johnny Hart, the creator of B.C. and The Wizard of Id, has died.
I have no opinion on this matter, since my local newspapers haven’t carried B.C. in years due to some of Hart’s more controversial statements in the strip regarding religion. I just think it’s interesting that a very religious man died on the day before Easter.
Hart hasn’t been worth squat for years, but BC and The Wizard of Id used to be my favorites as a kid. RIP, Johnny. I hope you found what you believed in.
Since Houdini never sent back word, maybe Johnny will. 
Favourite Wizard Of Id moment: the King tells an angry crowd,
“We must be prepared to make sacrifices!”
{Hammer, hammer, bang, bang, saw, saw}
“What are they building?”
“Looks like a real short altar.”
Good luck, Johnny.
Or, at least, goodbye.
His strips have been dead for years.
Tell me he made no provisions for their continuation after his death.
I believe he handed the rights over to Jack Chick. Haw haw haw!
I think Bizarro had the perfect reply to Hart when he began to really push religion in his strip:
http://www.happyscrappy.com/blog/archives/003655.html
But, until the 80’s his strip was one of the best, and I loved Grog.
RIP.
Mine would be when they dragged a poor wretch/peasant before the King. He was charged with stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family. “Off with his head” said the King.
His lawyer pleaded, “Sire, have mercy. It’s Valentine’s Day.”
“You’re right,” said the King. “Cut out his heart!”
My favorite Bizarro panel on the subject was one where St. Peter is confronting a new arrival with “Yes, you were a believer, but you forgot the “Don’t be a jerk about it” part.”
He was ground-breaking in his day.
And his example led to wise decisions by Watterson and Larson.
Aurë entuluva, Jonny.
I miss the B.C. Thanksgiving special, but as far as I’m concerned the creator of the strip died long ago. I’m not exactly glad he’s dead, you understand, but I’m not going to miss him.
Is that a supposition, or have they said that explicity? (Genuine query btw.)
Medium large (R.I.P. 
) did a lot of B.C. parodies, but this is my favorite. (Third one down.)
Then there was Wiley’s Dictionary:
Bereft - v. “To miss the last plane to Japan”
Good strips in their day. Long since without much pizzaz. A good cartoonist, bless him.
I do recall Larson saying that he didn’t want to be one of those cartoonists that runs out of things to say and just keeps cranking garbage out; I don’t recall if he said anything specifically about Hart.
Qadgop, I’m assuming the highlighted portion of your quote is Elvish. Is it Quenya or Sindaran? What does it mean?
Until I read the linked obituary, I never knew Hart lived in Endicott, NY, a town I’ve been in several times.