{"id":158,"date":"2012-04-07T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/johnny-hart-we-miss-you-this-easter-day\/"},"modified":"2012-04-07T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T00:00:00","slug":"johnny-hart-we-miss-you-this-easter-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/johnny-hart-we-miss-you-this-easter-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Hart – we miss you this Easter Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

(A repost and Easter Day Favorite)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Johnny Hart, who was the master cartoonist behind the \u201cB.C.\u201d cartoon strip as well as the \u201cWizard of Id<\/a>,\u201d died of a stroke five years ago on, ironically, on Easter Day.<\/div>\n
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He had a wry sense of humor that made millions laugh since 1958. \u201cB.C.<\/a>\u201d was considered the most widely read comic strip<\/a> on the planet.\n
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Johnny\u2019s conversion to Christianity is an interesting story and came about because of someone who springs from someone who brought faith to the workplace.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Although a churchgoer as a child, he left the faith and eventually found fame and fortune as a cartoonist.
In 1977, he bought a 158-acre property in Nineveh, New York. He couldn\u2019t get cable and a neighbor introduced him to a father-son pair of satellite TV dish salesmen who agreed to wire his place up.
A complicated job, it took the pair over 2 months. As Christians, they kept the Christian channel on as a test channel. Johnny, commenting on the type of TV programs, said, \u201cIs that all there is?\u201d \u201cNo Sir, Mr. Hart; we can change to something else!\u201d Strangely, Hart didn\u2019t request a change. He began to watch \u2026 and listen.
One Sunday, he and his wife drove by a local church that reminded him of his childhood. He leaned over and asked, \u201cWould you like to go to church?\u201d His wife Bobby said, \u201cNo, not really.\u201d Johnny then secretly prayed that God would change her heart; and in just 2 weeks, she asked the church question of him. He found the church, but more importantly, he found his God. He later was a children\u2019s Sunday school teacher<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Hart\u2019s faith began to infect his comic strips.
During Christmas and Easter, he was always blatant about his beliefs.
They worked their way into many other strips \u2013 since his faith defined his work. But it wasn\u2019t without controversy<\/a>.
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In fact, in 2001, the Jewish Anti-defamation league chastised<\/a> him for his strip that showed a seven-branch menorah. Each panel featured one of the Last Seven Words of Jesus. The cartoon concludes with the menorah transformed into a cross. <\/div>\n
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That\u2019s bold stuff <\/a>to put on newspaper strips.
\u201cI wanted everyone to see the cross in the Menorah,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a revelation to me that has tied God\u2019s chosen people to their spiritual kin, the disciples of the Risen Christ,\u201d
He took on abortion and evolution in ways that were simply masterful. \"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
A simple argument to tear through the walls of ignorance.
To Hart, the most gratifying thing he ever did professionally was to turn his work into ministry.
\u201cI was almost beginning to get tired of my work until that happened,\u201d he said.
I think it most fitting that God would choose Easter Day to take him.<\/div>\n
Click here<\/a> for his final Easter strip.
\"\"<\/a>Johnny Hart was a true Red Letter Believer, a man who lived out his faith. He didn\u2019t need a pulpit. He had a pen.<\/div>\n
He told Plain Truth<\/em>,
\u201cI realize the value in being subtle.\u201d \"\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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Subtle, indeed.\n

Johnny, we miss you. <\/p><\/div>\n

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What\u2019s your memory of Johnny\u2019s work?\n


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Interviews:<\/strong><\/span>http:\/\/cagle.msnbc.com\/hogan\/interviews\/hart\/home.asp<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

http:\/\/www.ptm.org\/JulHartofBC.htm<\/a>
http:\/\/www.answersingenesis.org\/creation\/v19\/i1\/hart.asp<\/a>
http:\/\/www.layman.org\/layman\/the-layman\/1999\/nov-dec99\/hart-of-faith.htm<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/tc\/7r2\/7r2018.html<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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