Debuting in 1964, Brant Parker and Johnny Hart’s The Wizard of Id took a page from the macabre humor of cartoonist Charles Addams. Ruling the kingdom of Id, a pint-sized tyrant uses humor to disarm a ...

FOR A HALF-CENTURY, it’s been good to be the King. The titular magician and the chicken-hearted chief knight and even the pickled jester haven’t had it so bad, either, freshly supplied as they are ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) – Brant Parker, who for decades illustrated “The Wizard of Id” comic strip, has died just days after the passing of his collaborator on the comic. He was 86. Parker, of Lynchburg, ...

Cartoonist Johnny Hart, who created the comic strip BC and co-created Wizard of Id, suffered a stroke while working at his storyboard. He was 76. Morning Edition host Steve Julian talks with Funky ...

In 1969, Jim Henson created a test pilot for the medieval-themed comic strip The Wizard of Id. Check out a clip of this Muppet show that never was. Henson was a fan of the comic strip and actively ...

Who knew that Jim Henson created a TV pilot in 1969 based on Johnny Hart and Brant Parker’s Wizard of Id? Watch rare excerpts above and then read more background about the project on the superbly ...

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