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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Thirdguy said, 9 months ago
Once you’ve gone Penguin……
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago
I feel as though I should say, “what happens on the Boingers World Tour stays on the Boingers World Tour,” but here we are reading all about it and enjoying every gory detail! —And I don’t even read People Magazine. Sigh!
Vonne Anton said, 9 months ago
Can I buy a vowel?
olfart said, 9 months ago
^AS long as it isn’t “the big O”.
masterskrain said, 9 months ago
So THAT’S why Steve goes gay at the end of the strip…
MrSulusBrain said, 9 months ago
“licked his nose”…is that all? Thank your lucky stars Steve. You could have jumped out of bed screaming “those aren’t pillows”!
BluePumpkin said, 9 months ago
@MrSulusBrain
Reliving some traumatizing memories MrSulusBrain? ;)
einarbt7 said, 9 months ago
@BluePumpkin
From a movie “Planes, Trains & Automobiles”
einarbt7 said, 9 months ago
Don’t shoot him.
BluePumpkin said, 9 months ago
@einarbt7
Gotcha . . . I don’t think I ever saw that one . . .