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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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BluePumpkin said, 10 months ago
Oh my . . . at least she isn’t throwing her underwear at the stage!
Sisyphos said, 10 months ago
While Stevie “Wonder” Dallas emulates Keith Richards, Bill the Cat is, well, is, uh, is…you know…is being Bill the Cat, rock-god! Barbara, you do look pathetic.
D-squared said, 10 months ago
Oh, Barbara!
wcorvi said, 10 months ago
How does one play tuba with a beak?
Thirdguy said, 10 months ago
Can you blame her? Bill is a Rock God!!
Thirdguy said, 10 months ago
@wcorvi
There are some things that one does not ask, one simply accepts them on faith!
Thirdguy said, 10 months ago
I didn’t mean anything religious by that, I was more referring to the sunrise, or how a light bulb works, or how a talking waterfowl plays a musical instrument!
StelBel
said, 10 months ago
From last night:
“(I’m posting this concert poster for Llywus42. The poster belongs to Llywus42, not me. There’s been some technical difficulty, and the original post did not come through.)”
zoidknight said, 10 months ago
@BluePumpkin
Thank God!
Vonne Anton said, 10 months ago
@BluePumpkin
It’s entirely possible that she DID throw her underwear on the stage, and that is what Bill is wearing right now…
Sir Osis of Liver said, 10 months ago
Sorry Steve, you can’t keep all the groupies for yourself… ACK THPPT!!!
Llywus42 said, 10 months ago
Thanks Stel. I thought the poster showed up here.
BJIllistrated
said, 10 months ago
@Llywus42
It did for me anyway…still, great poster! Love Opus playing the plunger at the bottom :-)
Mitchtheone said, 10 months ago
I see the train wreck is in full motion…
Bobzilla said, 10 months ago
This is the kind of thing that encouraged disco.