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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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Comments (18) (Please sign in to comment)
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago
ACK. Thppt.
Mom!
-Rock on, Breathed fans!
Thirdguy said, 10 months ago
How come this guy gets all the good lines?
MrSulusBrain said, 10 months ago
Can’t wait to get a look at Esther……THPPT.
nostrebornod said, 10 months ago
Thirty some odd years later this still makes me laugh.
Vonne Anton said, 10 months ago
Does that sign on the wall read “No Dying in Rooms”? If so, how are they going to get their hair the right colors for the show?
Jaylene Hake said, 10 months ago
@Vonne Anton
No, no, it means, “No becoming dead in rooms”.
Vonne Anton said, 10 months ago
@Jaylene Hake
Not sure Bill can obey that rule…he’s already been dead a few times, I think.
Stephen Gilberg
said, 10 months ago
@Vonne Anton
That’s dyeing.
Vonne Anton said, 10 months ago
STOP IT! Grammar and spelling Nazi’s! IT WAS A JOKE! A PUN! Why do folks online think they need to be english teachers? Geeeesssshhhh!
MrSulusBrain said, 10 months ago
@Vonne Anton
Uh…there are only 3 e’s in Geeesssshhhh. :)
pcolli said, 10 months ago
@Vonne Anton
Them that can, do; them that can’t, teach.
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 10 months ago
@MrSulusBrain
Me So Soly, me soo ingorantmus!
Bobzilla said, 10 months ago
@pcolli
Them that can’t do or teach become critics.
joepullin
said, 10 months ago
Spill chucks wont cats gamma.
Tân Coul said, 10 months ago
@Vonne Anton
Grammar and spelling Nazis, not Nazi’s.
It’s OK, I’ll get my coat ;)