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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spamster said, 12 months ago
look at his young self, he already has the potbelly
pbarnrob said, 12 months ago
Just a very, very tall forehead, is all!
Sisyphos said, 12 months ago
So, all this anxiety caused early hair loss? —Can’t really say I’m surprised.
dukedoug said, 12 months ago
@Sisyphos
That’s not what causes hair loss, I’m told …
However, the explanation I know does not bear repeating here in a family forum.
SwimsWithSharks
said, 12 months ago
I forgot about this strip. Binkley at 30 doesn’t have quite the Q rating I imagined from yesterday’s strip. Too realistic.
mightaswellbe said, 12 months ago
@kuren444
It’s not so much the potbelly but those pants being almost up to the armpits. Ick!
BluePumpkin said, 12 months ago
Oh my, if this is what Binkley looks like at 30, I hate to image what he looks like at 60! Time was not kind to you my friend . . .
gaebie said, 12 months ago
@BluePumpkin
“…I hate to image what he looks like at 60! Time was not kind to you my friend . . .”
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I’m 60, and I got rid of the pot belly 9 years ago (lost 40 lbs of belly fat) and workout every day. I also got rid of any problem with balding; I keep my head shaved. Time has been good to me.
Binkley ought to start that, right after he hits puberty.
MrSulusBrain said, 12 months ago
C’mon now Binkley, look at the bright side…………ok, I got nothing.
jadoo823 said, 12 months ago
@MrSulusBrain
…30 ain’t 16.
SwimsWithSharks
said, 12 months ago
@MrSulusBrain
“When the world is running down, you make the best of what’s still around.”
— The Police
Thirdguy said, 12 months ago
Oh good, and I was afraid he would end up being a nerd.
robert tinsley said, 12 months ago
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2610/is-male-pattern-baldness-inherited-whos-to-blame
MrSulusBrain said, 12 months ago
@SwimsWithSharks
Good stuff but I always preferred
Can’t Stand Losing You
“I see you’ve sent my letters back
And my LP records and they’re all scratched
I can’t see the point in another day
When nobody listens to a word I say”
Bobzilla said, 12 months ago
@dukedoug
One doesn’t lose one’s hair. It merely sinks back into the head and reemerges on the ears and in the nose, etc.