John the Turtle

A creature of the Bronze Age funny pages, John the Turtle crawled onto the scene in 1975 courtesy of B.C. Truckin on Down, the creation of celebrated cartoonist Johnny Hart. This reptilian personality calls the pages of The Calgary Herald Comic Book home, sharing those strips with an eclectic cast that includes the likes of Dookie Bird and even crossover company such as Buck Rogers and J. Jonah Jameson. Rare in the catalog with just three recorded appearances, John the Turtle is a genuine collector's curiosity — a small but charming footnote in the rich, offbeat world of newspaper comic strip culture.