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I've Always Loved Johnny Hart

Johnny Hart's "BC" was one of my favorite daily comics growing up, and that's saying something because there was a lot of good stuff out then. I still laugh when I rehearse one of his strips from back then:

(Inventor Clumsy Carp appears, bedraggled and worn apparently from a bad night.)
Thor: "Clumsy Carp, what happened to your lean-to?"
Carp: "Sometime, during the night, it leaned fro."

Hart can be very, very careful when inking in his dialogue. I don't have the strip in front of me but I seem to recall laughing at that devastating first comma in Carp's reply nearly as much as I laughed at any other aspect of the strip.

I know, I'm insane.

Anyway, today's strip contains one of his sunny, carefully-crafted if not entirely unpredictable gags that just makes me feel good about life.

I said I know I'm insane.

Posted by on May 7, 2004 11:37 AM |

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I loved the many BC strips that started with that eager bird announcing, "Hello, I'm an Apteryx--a wingless bird with hairy feathers."

Posted by: Chris Jones | May 7, 2004 06:08 PM

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Y'know what? I always say "flightless" but I think you're right, it's "wingless."

Posted by: Brian Jones | May 7, 2004 08:21 PM

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There you go. It *says* "wingless" so therefore it *is* "flightless". And a short web search got lots of hits starting with "Hi there!" which is much funnier than "Hello." Now to dig up some actual strips and look for variations.

Posted by: Chris Jones | May 9, 2004 05:12 PM

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