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, 10 months ago
NO! Look where it got Oprah!
saywhatwhat said, 10 months ago
It works better if you exercise – right – then think about eating Right!!! (not so much dwelling on less).
MrSulusBrain said, 10 months ago
Two broken ribs….a concussion….one badly bruised buttock area….sounds like me after my last performance review at work.
Vonne Anton said, 10 months ago
Eat less and exercise is the road to hell.
AStarofDestiny said, 10 months ago
@Vonne Anton
No stop signs…speed limits….
masterskrain said, 10 months ago
Has anyone else ever noticed that the first three letters of “diet” spell DIE???
Terri Brittingham said, 10 months ago
That joke is older than my failed diet plan(s).
Ann
said, 10 months ago
Notice the Andy Warhol face in the background?
and masterskrain, thanks for the tip on the word diet.
Popeyes4arm said, 10 months ago
I always eat an ice cream bar after doing 2 miles on the treadmill. Justifies my existence.