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, 12 months ago
Ack! I’d like to read the Congressional Record transcription of their testimony!
dukedoug said, 12 months ago
@Sisyphos
Sorry, it’s been censored (and there’s nothing left).
nz4m60
said, 12 months ago
Bill Speaks!
twypsi said, 12 months ago
@Sisyphos It probably would be a lot more informative than any other Congressional Record!
Strod said, 12 months ago
I thought some people might like to read the Sunday strip that was skipped between yesterday’s strip and the one today. It’s unrelated to both story arcs, but still very funny.
Why does GoComics skip the Sundays in these reruns?
elbeck said, 12 months ago
Who’s bright idea was it to bring Bill along? Simply show up and tell the committee what they want to hear. In a couple of days everyone will forget about the hearings, and Congress can claim they “investigated” the problem.
American1 said, 12 months ago
Uh Steve…you shoulda left Bill at home.
sandflea said, 12 months ago
How long until Steve hits on Madam Committee Chairwoman?
dahawk said, 12 months ago
@Strod
From reading it, I think it is self explanatory as to why it was skipped.
Jaylene Hake said, 12 months ago
Well, I bet this is gonna be funnier (and more rallying) than when Frank Zappa showed up in real life…
Richard Anderson said, 12 months ago
The classic bit of testimony was—IIRC—the banter between Dee Snyder (of Twisted Sister) and Slade Gorton (Idiot-WA). Dee left him for dead ….. roadkill!
FinnyGirl said, 12 months ago
@Strod
It’s unrelated to both story arcs, but still very funny.
ROFL, Strod! Thank you for sharing that!
Strod said, 12 months ago
@dahawk
No, the skip all the Sunday strips, not just that one.