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, 9 months ago
What’s the matter with you, Opus? How could any red-blooded American penguin (?) forget Miss Lola Granola?!
Vonne Anton said, 9 months ago
Hey! You are OpusKroakus, Rock Tuba God! Get a grip on yourself! Rockers forget marriages all the time!
Brian K
said, 9 months ago
At least it wasn’t yesterday Opus was supposed to get married, there’s still time. Got 24 hrs or a little less.
Cardboard Cutout said, 9 months ago
Buck up little guy, at least your friends are not addressing you as “dead man walking”
brewwitch said, 9 months ago
Life of a rock star tuba player: forgets proposing to his hot GF.
I’d say, “only in the comics”, but stranger things will have happened.
MagicFan said, 9 months ago
Opus needs a dose of MY memory. My father has called my memory elephantine. I remember everything of importance I encounter.
MagicFan said, 9 months ago
@MagicFan
And a lot that’s not of importance.