B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for October 07, 2018

More like a mushroom.

Cue “Blowin’ in the Wind”…

“A little radiation is good for you.”

Typical homo sapiens! Pull a lever, just because it’s there!

And thus began the Dark Ages.

You would think the ants would create some sort of plug to put in the entryway to keep the rain out..

All the ant needs to do is put an awning over the hole.

Was it Einstein who said, “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with clubs and spears.”

And thus politics creep into EVERYTHING

That’s NOT the radiation symbol. It’s the fallout/fallout shelter symbol. And definitely not a flower!

So now instead of being prehistoric they’re post-apocalyptic? Kind of an odd direction to swerve into…

First two panels: Panel 2.1: “It fills the pool in the basement.”

Allegory for recent congressional manipulations to win a seat? As in, the results could be shattering?

Modern B.C. is often very dark.

So this confirms that they ARE living after a modern cataclysm, not in prehistoric times. That explains the TV special “A BC Christmas”. I mean, why would prehistoric people celebrate something that hasn’t happened yet? Lol, and I thought that then the strip’s name would be changed to “A.D.”

What is the big deal about whether this strip is pre or post apocalyptic???It’s a comic strip, and, actually, it’s anachronistic—which is what makes it funny.

The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades.

“Wrong lever…!”“Why do we even have that lever?”

So, B.C. Is actually post apocalyptic? Would explain a lot.

But this would bring about Armageddon which is what Johnny wanted.

Ironically, if humans keep on their current path BC could be our future. If not entirely eradicated from the earth for man’s folly.

North Korea or North Dakota?

this comic makes no sense -—- again

“I don’t know why but I have this sudden urge to worship this thing.”

Are they getting ready for a big reveal – that BC is actually post-apocalyptic? Can’t wait to hear the explanation for the dinosaurs…

“Blessed be the holy fallout; I reveal my innermost self.. to my God.”

They are in the Dark Ages of a new age full of neo-primitives and GMO animals. Must be a left over.

But where’s the giant snake named Nate, who guards that lever? Did someone run over him?

Another early example: Near Christmas time 2004, the apteryx, dressed as Santa Claus, modified his usual spiel: “Hi there, I’m an Apterclaus, a wingless toymonger with batteries not included!” The Washington Post columnist and comics critic Gene Weingarten suggested12 that B.C. is actually set not in the past but in a dystopic, post-apocalyptic future. That they Apocalypse destroyed most civilization and GMO animals and plants roam N. America. (We do see that some in what was called Europe still have high tech including a large war drone is shown to Peter.)

A nod to “Beneath the Planet of the Apes”.

Just when I’m convinced this strip is an absurd comic past, we get these that hint that it’s a dystopic post-apocalyptic future.