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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Bliss by Harry Bliss
Bo Nanas by John Kovaleski
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ejcapulet said, over 3 years ago
You’re a cartoon woodchuck, you’re not old.
Sisyphos said, over 3 years ago
If you can still poink, you’re not old! –Besides, age is a state of mind as much as it is a number of years.
kreole said, over 3 years ago
Sisyphos — Your take on ‘poinking’ is hard to beat. I vote for you!
Ray C said, over 3 years ago
Yeah, but can he still chuck wood?
billrad said, over 3 years ago
Thanks, Sisyphos. I finally know for sure what goes on between the scenes of Law & Order.
jrbj said, over 3 years ago
With all his negative reaction to age, it is obvious that sir Woodchuck is, as he says, a liberal. Were he a true conservative he would grow into his age and wear it with pride. Further, he would not broadcast his poinking to the world like an immature teenager, but poink discretely and act like he’s poinked before.
jack75287 said, over 3 years ago
Young and liberal that don’t mean a thing, look how many old liberals there are. Franklyn, any Kenndy, Clinton, Clinton all really really old. Murtha is old. Pelosie is old. Why do the dems get a nod for being hip. Republicans got better booze better looking women. That doesn’t mean a thing look how many old liberals there are. Franklyn, any Kennedy, Clinton, Clinton all really really old. Murtha is old. Pelosi is old. Why do the dems get a nod for being hip? Republicans got better booze better looking women. Check out Palin, Carrie Prejean and Michel Malkin all hot.
RoverRules said, over 3 years ago
Liberal!
I think we have a pulse, after all!!!
Ushindi
said, over 3 years ago
Portnoy, you have more spring left than I do…(probably more poinking also)
Craigor said, over 3 years ago
how much chuck could a chuckwood wood if a chuckwood could wood chuck?
1deano said, over 3 years ago
Love to POINK!
SherlockWatson said, over 3 years ago
How about a nationwide Poink-a-thon, so we can all feel some youth?
(Read that any way you like.)