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
Never was an Oprah fan, so I’m going to refrain from saying anything nasty….
Thirdguy said, 11 months ago
So, if I was an Oprah fan, does that mean that I can kick the snot out of her?
mdalton
said, 11 months ago
Re last panel: Ouch.
I am neither fan nor foe of Oprah, and I will refrain from saying anything nasty, because that’s just how I treat people.
Err… Okay, I do my best to treat people that way, with occasional slip-ups involving incompetent and/or annoying co-workers.
olfart said, 11 months ago
Bless your heart, mdalton. We try, we try!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 11 months ago
She’s successful, good for her. I just don’t have an interest in her, her shows and network. One can do that and still be pleasant.
Vonne Anton said, 11 months ago
25 years later, and Big Fat Loser and Oprah are still the topic! Brilliant!
zoidknight said, 11 months ago
@Vonne Anton
And they are still the same person.