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Johnny Hart (1931-2007) was born and raised in Endicott, New York. Johnny created the comic strips, "B.C." and the "Wizard of Id". Launched in 1958, B.C. was written and drawn by Johnny. With the release of the Wizard of Id in 1964, drawn by cartoonist Brant Parker, Hart became one of only four cartoonists to have two comic strips appearing in over 1000 papers each. Johnny won numerous awards for his work, including the National Cartoonist Society's highest honor, the Reuben award, for B.C. in 1968 and the Wizard of Id in 1984.

Johnny Hart used ideas from a deck of playing cards to create the first few Wizard of Id comic strips. The strip was syndicated on November 9, 1964 - drawn by Brant Parker and written by Johnny Hart. In 1997 Brant Parker passed his illustrating duties on to his son Jeff Parker, who had already been involved with creating Id for a decade.

Johnny Hart is an American cartoonist noted as the creator of the comic strips B.C. and Wizard of Id. Hart was recognized with several awards, including four from the National Cartoonists Society for B.C. and six with co-producer Brant Parker for Wizard of Id.