Cartoonist Johnny Hart has died at the age of 76 due to a stroke. His B.C. comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide and won him many awards. Hart is survived by his wife, Bobby and two daughters, Patti and Perri.
B.C. was launched in 1958. According to the Creators Syndicate Inc., it had a wide readership of 100 million people. Hart graduated from Union-Endicott High School. He was also one of the creators of Wizard of Id comic strip. Hart also got enlisted in the Air force. He produced cartoons for Pacific Stars and Stripes in his careers initial years. He was discharged from the military in 1954. He sold his first freelance cartoon to the Saturday Evening Post.
Hart won numerous awards, including the National Cartoonist Society’s prestigious Reuben Award twice for Cartoonist of the Year. However, hart was also got involved in controversies. In 2001, a strip published on the occasion of Easter, drew mass protests from Jewish groups. However, the B.C. and Wizard of Id would continue with the help of an extensive computer archive of Hart’s drawings.
Source: USAtoday
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