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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Sisyphos said, almost 3 years ago
Going around in circles, guys? Or just fans of Kansas?
kittenpah said, almost 3 years ago
Some sort of space warp. How else do you get from Arizona to Kansas?
Pacejv said, almost 3 years ago
Thought I was watching something brand new on PBS by Ken Burns!
pbarnrob said, almost 3 years ago
Just flagged bbcsee! They don’t learn, do they? AVOID Jordaner.com (the target of the ow.ly redirection). Take the ‘Boulder Pledge’ – don’t do ANY business with spammers, EVER!
Lewreader said, almost 3 years ago
I thought all western states were square and came together at one tourist attraction.
N7326 Foxtrot said, almost 3 years ago
I am going to get my newspaper and I will throw away about ten pounds of advertising in order to read the news. Don’t need any more spam.
thebird55 said, almost 3 years ago
Linda Arney said, almost 3 years ago
This one could be titled “Travels with Mikey” because my husband will use a map only if there is someone in the car to tell him too.
Dry
said, almost 3 years ago
ROFLMAO!!! Good one!
whmIII said, almost 3 years ago
Im guessing they are headed to SF for the convention(hehe)..I know what comes next when they check in….
SherlockWatson said, almost 3 years ago
Is this a remake of Lost? If so, it’s a lot better than the original.
Also, notice how they’re leisurely driving through Kansas and Colorado, and hurrying to get through Arizona. This strip could have been made today.
Flagged darkrahl for spamming.
RadioTom said, almost 3 years ago
Obviously, this was BG - Before GPS…
TrekkerMint said, almost 3 years ago
foxtrot, i get the sunday paper here - over half the wight is the ads - useless as bunny cage liner
bloomfan said, almost 3 years ago
@Sherlock
Well shoot, it’s mighty bleeep hot in the desert, especially for poor ol’ Opus the penguin. He must be melting!
bloomfan said, almost 3 years ago
they bleep out da-m-n? There’s worse than that in some of the strips! (Mr Breathed’s other effort here for example)