creator of 'B.C', 'Wizard of Id' dies

[disciple]

ALBANY, N.Y. - Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning “B.C.” comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, died at his home on Saturday. He was 76.

“He had a stroke,” Hart’s wife, Bobby, said on Sunday. “He died at his storyboard.”

“B.C.,” populated by prehistoric cavemen and dinosaurs, was launched in 1958 and eventually appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers with an audience of 100 million, according to Creators Syndicate, Inc., which distributes it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18013348/

wasn't much of a fan of bc, but he did have some good ones at times.. 

wizard of id was funnier...         rip.

[New Era Outlaw]

Ah, great. I guess this is a case of 2006, the bastard year that killed many awesome people, saying, "Whoops...missed one!"

Perfect. Another comic genius gone to the great beyond.
R.I.P. Johnny Hart.

[Saxito Pau]

the Deliverer of Death strikes again, I see

Wizard of Id was the real flick.. "the king is a fink!!"

R.I.P. another great one is gone...

[Synchronomyst]

I loved them both.

[W1nTry]

I heard this on the radio this morning...I loved BC... had a BC comic... lost the book in venezuela... ah well... he will be missed, but I hear he was found slumped over his desk... prolly working on a frame... in the least I hope he died doing what he loved.... many aren't fortuante to do that... RIP.