B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for July 21, 2009

Woooof!

Hot dog for dinner.

Rude:(

Ka- boooooom!

Wow… I’m speechless. I agree with Jo Jo.

The pun works both ways, with or without an”a”.

Not funny.

This is not like Johnny Hart. Kids read this comic. I’m disappointed.

I have to agree with you ray c…. it’s not what Johnny Hart would write…. I am disappointed also :-(

Of course it’s not what Johnny Hart would write, he’s dead.

Didn’t Michael Vick’s sentence end just yesterday?

If the ASPCA are lurking behind that rock, Dick is going to have his butt in a sling! Surprisingly nasty strip this morning.

This would be one time I would support P.E.T.A..Mr. Hart, shame on you! Your grandfather is looking down from heaven shaking his head.

Never remember reading this story as a kid! Why did Spot hide the kindling?

Wow that is in seriously bad taste, not a joke at all! I would like to see a reprimand for that strip. Unless I see an apology, I will not continue to read BC.

Have a look at http://johnhartstudios.com/jhs_blog/ if you haven’t already. Even they admit it was a bad idea.

Maybe its a little funny… definately nothing to get upset about.

Maybe not, but it was a little bit desturbing!

Yes they have. I was just there. For BC fans that have not visited the site, they got some need stuff and something for Wizard of Id fans as well.

I’m so happy I missed the first strip, Thank You! Great call! Loved this strip, thanks again

Glad I missed it as well. Love BC.

I’ve seen comments come & go like that, but this is the first time a strip was changed. & yeah, it was pretty offensive. Glad to see it gone.

NyukNyuk2000 said, about 7 hours ago

… just can’t see how dogs are in any way superior to frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles, tortises, alligators, crocodiles, and toads.

One opinion is that dogs, cats, and many other mammals have a consciousness and can feel pain and loss. Reptiles have a very small brain with no capacity for consciousness. Whether this is really true is hard to say, but most neuroscientists would agree with that. In other words, reptiles and insects and fish (not aquatic mammals) are mere collections of chemicals and their reactions are simply unconscious built in survival mechanisms. It makes no more sense to pity them than to pity a glass of sulfuric acid. But there’s no way to be sure. I’ll stomp a roach, but a snake I’ll pick up and put somewhere where my wife won’t see him, because I’m not sure where that fine line is.