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, 11 months ago
“NOOOOO!”
(Hey, maybe Lizzie turned out to a peach of a girl!)
TheSkulker
said, 11 months ago
Calvin & Susie here we come!
MrSulusBrain said, 11 months ago
Didn’t Lizzie have a younger sister, Nancy “Newt” Blackhead?
twypsi said, 11 months ago
It was either Suzie Blackhead or Sally Pimple.
Thirdguy said, 11 months ago
any port in a storm!
tcity said, 11 months ago
Better than Betty Boils.
Stephen Gilberg
said, 11 months ago
You know, “Blackhead” is a literal translation of “Schwarzkopf.” Maybe she’s related to the general.
washingtoneagle said, 11 months ago
Tell me it ain’t so.
DragonRydr said, 11 months ago
Is it just me, or does older Binkley have a really, REALLY large cranium? How can someone with so much brain capacity waste it just worrying about inconsequentials? Either that, or he should start worrying about where he’ll ever find a hat that will fit!
Vonne Anton said, 11 months ago
We have finally learned the truth about Binkley’s big 80’s hairstyle…it is actually short hair covering a big 80’s forehead!