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
Well, Milo, not many complaints that way, but on the other hand no repeat customers or customer referrals, either….
Ginrummy33 said, 11 months ago
You can’t argue with guaranteed results.
Thirdguy said, 11 months ago
….but wait, there’s more!!!
Orion said, 11 months ago
And just look at that hourglass figure!
Orion
Tacopielvr said, 11 months ago
I kwow a few people who need that, primarily my roommate.
Bliss said, 11 months ago
Milo will be getting a job in the Obamacare bureaucracy.
Mitchtheone said, 11 months ago
Yes Milo worked up in Mass. with Romney on the healthcare bill.. But President Obama just didn’t think that was a hot idea…..
Night-Gaunt49 said, 11 months ago
Or he could go for the tapeworm therapy method.
sandflea said, 11 months ago
New lingerie line for penguins from Victorias Secret.
AStarofDestiny said, 11 months ago
@sandflea
…And look how it increases that bust size!