Editing The Wizard of Id (section)

===Style===
According to [[Don Markstein]]'s ''[[Toonopedia]]'', "The strip's humor style—quite contemporary, in contrast to its medieval setting—ranges from [[low comedy|broad and low]] to pure [[black comedy|black]]".<ref>[http://www.toonopedia.com/wizid.htm ''The Wizard of Id''] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]</ref>

The style in which certain characters are drawn has changed from the early years of the strip to today. For example, the old style of the King's head was more rectangular, he had a crown with identifiable card suits on it (club, diamond, heart), his mustache and beard always hid his mouth, and his beard frequently extended to a curved point when the King was shown in profile (see ''The Wondrous Wizard of Id'', 1970, [[Fawcett Publications]]). In the new style, the King's head is more trapezoidal with a slightly smaller and undecorated crown, he has a huge nose (even bigger than Rodney's) which covers his mouth and chin, and when he opens his mouth it appears that his beard has been shaved off. Like Sir Rodney and other large-nosed characters in the comic, he often "breaks the fourth wall" and stares directly at the audience in the final frame of the strip to indicate disgust or embarrassment when the punchline is spoken, accentuating the huge bulbous shape of his nose.

On December 14, 2015, [[Mason Mastroianni]] took over the strip from Jeff Parker.<ref>{{Cite web|title = December {{!}} 2015 {{!}} Wizard of Id|url = http://johnhartstudios.com/wizardofid/2015/12/|website = johnhartstudios.com|access-date = December 21, 2015}}</ref>