B.C. Is Alive and Well!

 

By Johnny Hart

The copyright on this edition is 1964, 1965, 1969 but I think the comics date from the early 1960s. 

In this collection, the boys are exploring the idea of football, with limited success and still working on figuring out baseball. And golf is still a game the boys are playing. The Fat Broad is famous for her strange soups she cooks in her giant caldron. Snake is still getting flattened and the anteater is still enjoying the company of the armadillo and the bird is still sitting on the turtle. One of the boys invents the telephone but discovers someone else has beat him to it. The struggle between anteater and the ants continues, but the anteater's aim is off and he keeps missing the ants he is aiming at.

The B.C. comic strip is going strong in this collection. My only quibble is too much sports. I care not about football, baseball or golf. But overall, it is still funny and a pleasure to read with its goofiness.

B.C. Strikes Back

 

By Johnny Hart

Another collection of newspaper cartoons by Johnny Hart, copyright 1961 and 1962. These earlier cartoons about the world of B.C. are some of Hart's funniest and most charming, I think. Here are a few from the book to enjoy:

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What's New, B.C.?

 

By Johnny Hart

Daily comics from copyright 1962, 1963, 1968.

Hart was at the top of his game at this time, so funny!!

Hurray For B.C.

 

By Johnny Hart

Selected cartoons from The Sunday Best of B.C. from cartoons published in 1958 to 1963.

Even though these cartoons are more than sixty ago, they are still very charming and very funny. Love it!

Back to B.C.

 

By Johnny Hart

Excerpts from Hart's daily comic strip, B.C. from the late 1950s to early 1960s. Second book in this series.

Hart's B.C. comic strip is charming, funny, innocent and the humor holds up more than sixty years later. A pleasure to visit this collection again. 

Hey! B.C.

 

By Johnny Hart

B.C was a daily newspaper comic strip starting in 1958. This is the first collection of the strips, copyright 1958 and 1959.

B.C. and his group are cave men trying to learn the ways of the world. There are also two cave women but unlike the cave men, who all have names, the cave women merely go by their description, the Cute Chick and the Fat Broad, sadly. (According to Wikipedia, this changed in 2016 with the cute one being named Grace and the ugly one Jane.) 

I loved the B.C. comics as a kid and as a young adult. Going back and rereading this first book in the series has been a real pleasure. Here are a couple strips from the book to enjoy.

The King Is a Fink!

By Brant Parker and Johnny Hart

The Wizard of Id cartoons, copyright 1964, 1965, and 1969.

Medieval shenanigans starring a cruel king, an incompetent wizard, revolting peasants and a cowardly knight. A popular daily comic strip for many years.