Existing comment:
(76) B.C. "Do you believe in destiny?" 1969.
Published by Field Enterprises February 5, 1969.
India ink over graphite underdrawing
with porous point pen.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09129 (76)
In this three-panel comic strip of B.C. by Johnny Hart (b. 1931), one cave man asks another if he believes in destiny, which he defines as "the eventual occurrence of events over which we have no control." As he watches a giant boulder about to flatten the first man, the second one responds, "I'll let you know in a minute." Hart's cave men and women often comment philosophically on the foibles and preoccupations of the modern world. The award-winning comic's creator employs a minimalist drawing style and uses word play including puns and non sequitur humor. In 1964, he also began collaborating creatively with Brant Parker on the comic strip The Wizard of Id. |