Product Description

A side-splitting collection of comic strips from one of the most popular cartoonists in history!

Legendary cartoonist, Johnny Hart, created two of the most popular comic strips in history: B.C. and Wizard of Id.  When he became a Christian in 1984, Johnny turned his trademark wit and humor to matters of faith.  Johnny passed away the day before Easter 2007 while at his drawing board.  "This book is a dream that Johnny and I shared," says his wife, Bobby. "I knew I had to finish our dream."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16363 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781404187399
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Customer Reviews

Funny and thought provoking
Just received my copy and it is as uplifting as it is fun to read . The majority of the strips are in color , this does add to the visual appeal . All fans of daily comics know that BC was drawn by Johny Hart who passed to his reward just a short time ago . This collection of strips deals with the religious side of life and are humorous and thought provoking . Hart is only the second cartoonist to be publish in more than a thousand different papers and there is a reason for his popularity . His talent for drawing emotion with just a few lines of ink was a real gift .
This book captures him at his best , don't miss the opportunity to get , read and laugh with him as shares some deep truths. God Bless .

Johnny Hart will Never Die thanks to B.C.
Though I'm not a believer, not a born again person, I am a believer in the humor of Johnny Hart. When Johnny became a Christian in 1984 and started subtly inserting his beliefs into his comic strip it was a couple years, maybe more, before I figured out what he was doing and when I did figure it out I had to give him a nod. He was never pushy, always funny, always true to his characters.

Yes, this is a book of inspirational strips, but it overflows with Johnny's humor. If you're a lover of B.C. and I've been one since forever, then you'll appreciate and love this book.

A pleasant diversion for the religious
This is an atheist's review of this collection of religious themed cartoons from Johnny Hart's B.C.
Even as an atheist I looked forward to Hart's Christmas and Easter religious themed strips. I think it is good to see an artist's beliefs come through his work no matter what they are. They certainly didn't persuade me as his God was always revealing himself in ways that never happen in real life.

The book is good mix of Hart's different types of strips. He loved word play and I find those to be the funniest. He was also fond of having Wiley just write a poignant message in a series of panels. The other type is where God sends down lightning bolts with a ZOT! or speaks in Old English font. Hart was also fond of including strips that were critical of the First Amendment adherence to a secular public school system. While the book says Hart became born-again in 1984 his strip always was of a world where evolution did not occur and seemed at times to be contemporaneous with Biblical times.

Not included are his two strips thought to be critical of Islam. One where the cartoon shows a caveman entering an outhouse at night, and then saying, from inside, "Is it just me, or does it stink in here?" and the other with a character asking "What makes a bite thats shaped like a crescent moon?" to which another character replies, "A lunatic." While Hart denied these as an insult against Islam they seemed to me like pretty clear slams. The book does include his Easter strip of the menorah turning into a cross which many Jews found insulting.

The book includes very brief biographical information and a story of his acceptance of Christianity. I would have liked to have had more to read about his views of the religious strips, and reaction to the criticism he faced.

This book would make a good gift for your religious friend whoh as a sense of humor open to word play and puns based on religious themes. He is always reverent of Jesus and God, and always critical of evolution and religious restrictions in public schools.