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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win said, 11 months ago
no, stop; no don’t stop
Kneejrk said, 11 months ago
This doesn’t end well, as I recall…
Sisyphos said, 11 months ago
Opus, I believe you have underestimated the earnestness of Lola. You are about to drive her away!
Thirdguy said, 11 months ago
We can make that work!
Paula R. Stiles
said, 11 months ago
Awwww, Opus. You know just what to say. Now get on over to Watch Your Head and tell that idiot Canuck that insulting his comics girlfriend is not flirty.
@Kneejrk
Yeah, I’m pretty sure they’re near a breakup at this point in the strip.
Vonne Anton said, 11 months ago
Opus eats her arm, then wonders what when wrong…
Night-Gaunt49 said, 11 months ago
Sorry Opus, you are too short with a beak to pull off a Gomez Addams.
lindz.coop
said, 11 months ago
She just noticed?