Author: Kip WilliamsKip Williams Date: Apr 9, 2007 10:12
Anim8rFSK wrote:
>> I''m suprised no one (even the pro insiders who post here often) hjas
>> mentioned this! Wizard of Id and B.C. creator Hart has died at 76. HIs
>> comic strips were always pretty good and in 1976 I got one from
>> 1972-72 strips, pretty funny (but 1971-1976 is not that long aog,it
>> was "I'm Off to see the Wizard", and the king thinks "He'd have to
>> be". No topical stuff that dated Doonesbury for future audfiences.)
>
> I *loved* BC decades ago, but over the years he just got too religious
> too often for me.
It wasn't the religion for me. When the strip stopped being about
cavemen and started being about the 70s as told by cavemen, it started
down a one-way dead-end street. Funny for a while, but it gradually lost
all steam. A little anachronism, okay. 100%%, too much.
Re-read the early collections, though, and it's still genius stuff. "I
think I'll go discover some sleep."
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