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, 12 months ago
Take it like a man, Opus! Err…or, give it? Or, have a few drinks, then do it!
Thirdguy said, 11 months ago
If he sticks that where I think he is going to stick it, fat is not what he will get!!
MrSulusBrain said, 11 months ago
C’mon Opus, Tab is a chick drink! Go with something more manly…..how about a nice Fresca?
Sir Osis of Liver said, 11 months ago
Nature is not the only one, it seems, to abhor a vacuum…
American1 said, 11 months ago
Opus…RUN!!!
Thirdguy said, 11 months ago
At least you aren’t resorting to being divisive or anything. That would make you a real jerk.
nighthawks
said, 11 months ago
Lou: You gonna order something, kid?
Marty McFly: Ah, yeah. Give me- Give me a Tab.
Lou: Tab? I can’t give you a tab unless you order something.
MoonlitKnight
said, 11 months ago
Maybe we shouldn’t hope that everything comes out alright in the end
BluePumpkin said, 11 months ago
@Thirdguy
Don’t bother. It’s just the same old, boring claptrap of desperately trying to make something completely unrelated a political issue. . . . ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Vonne Anton said, 11 months ago
Svelte? I’d like that myself. Now where did I leave that small vac I usually use on the car??? Gonna get me some SVELTE!
GreggW
said, 11 months ago
Whatever happened to Tab? Whatever happened to this model? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ
dahawk said, 11 months ago
You gotta be kidding!!
sandflea said, 11 months ago
I always knew that old Electrolux sucked.
zoidknight said, 11 months ago
@Thirdguy
No that would make me a liberal or a democrat.
zoidknight said, 11 months ago
@BluePumpkin
Or it may be a fact which of course your ignoring it would prove my point and make you a liberal.