Johnny Hart, RIP

I was saddened to read of the death of Johnny Hart, whose comic strips – “B.C.” and “The Wizard of Id” – had a fairly consistent libertarian bent to them. One of the earliest of his “B.C.” cartoons had two of his male characters sitting beside a rock, and observing how beautiful and peaceful life was, and how people got along so well with one another. As best I recall their conversation, one of the men then said “we ought to do something about that.” “What do you suggest?,” the other replied. “Let’s start a government,” came the answer.

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11:27 pm on April 9, 2007