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
I like the Natural Look, but that doesn’t mean NO makeup, Lola! (Just not “Tammy Fae” makeup, either!)
Rodney said, 9 months ago
That’s unfair to the roaches. And I HATE roaches!
Thirdguy said, 9 months ago
She’s right! Tammy is one scary bzitch.
starfighter441 said, 9 months ago
Side boob… Lola Granola was ahead of her time. As for Opus he’s likely doing a technicolour yawn right now.
olfart said, 9 months ago
Make up is the American burqua. Hide your faces, you unclean females!
masterskrain said, 9 months ago
What do Tammy Faye, and a ski slope have in common?
A 6 " Packed base, and 12" of fresh Powder!
twypsi said, 9 months ago
Hey Mom, what’s with the makeup, she’s marrying a penguin!
watmiwori said, 9 months ago
@twypsi
You still want to look your best, such as it is.
TF had no best, not even such as it was….
Night-Gaunt49 said, 9 months ago
She looks like a Pagan nymph, she looks fine.
Mitchtheone said, 9 months ago
What is the difference between Tammy Faye and a brick wall.. The bricklayer used less morter.. Buda da bum…
Mitchtheone said, 9 months ago
Ok my previous comment was unfair.. I am sure Tammy Faye used a smaller trowel than the bricklayer..
Mitchtheone said, 9 months ago
Ok that was just cruel.. I am sure that Tammy trowel was a gold with diamond studded handle. Where as the the bricklayers trowel was just a stainless steel one.
It is after all the difference between making 30.00 dollars an hour and 10,000 dollars a minute.
celecca
said, 9 months ago
@GatoCat
I had one of those!
Vonne Anton said, 9 months ago
Lola honey, you are going to have to set your sights higher…don’t strive to be “fetching”…you’ll be doomed.