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Bloom County 2016 by Berkeley Breathed
About Bloom County
Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip that dealt with socio-political issues as seen through the eyes of highly exaggerated characters (e.g. Bill the Cat and Opus the Penguin) and humorous analogies.
Creator Berkeley Breathed's first regularly published strip, Academia Waltz, appeared in the Daily Texan in 1978. The strip attracted notice from the editors of the Washington Post who recruited him to do a nationally syndicated strip. On December 8, 1980, Bloom County made its debut and featured some of the characters from Academia Waltz, including former frat-boy Steve Dallas and the paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Cutter John.
Bloom County earned Berkeley the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987. The strip eventually appeared in over 1,200 newspapers around the world until he retired the daily strip in 1989, stating, "A good comic strip is no more eternal than a ripe melon. The ugly truth is that in most cases, comics age less gracefully than their creators". The comic continues in recirculation on GoComics!
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Bruno Zeigerts said, 1 day ago
If he doesn’t like the lines for the rides, apparently you can hire a guide with a handicap pass to help you get quicker access.
Though Disneyland is cracking down on it.
NormyBates said, 1 day ago
You’re very elegant grandpa.
Robert Allen said, 1 day ago
This is the series of strips that send the Major and Ma Bloom to space. Disney World (two words) isn’t anywhere close to Cape Canaveral.
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Did you know that the Major’s last name isn’t Bloom? It is Flynn. Milo Bloom called him Grandpa occasionally. Also we never see Milo’s parents, nor are they ever discussed. Binkley’s mom runs off with a Hell’s Angel.
HAL69 said, 1 day ago
@Bruno Zeigerts
Disney World’s attractions are, for the most part, wheelchair accessible for some rides and all shows, though for the rides they have to get out of their chairs or scooters, and it doesn’t automatically give them front-of-line access.
There had been reports of rich families would hire a fake “Make-A-Wish” kid to skip the lines, and then it is discovered the kid wasn’t handicapped and part of the bonafide Make-A-Wish program.
Sisyphos said, about 21 hours ago
I just might prefer a squashed tomato to a sunset on my shirt….