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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Odd Dog said, 9 months ago
Houston we have ignition
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said, 9 months ago
Mother-in-law… just as crazy, even in Bloom County!
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago
Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna ring!
Tim Walters said, 9 months ago
Now…had the mother thrown in Connie Chung…welllll……
Thirdguy said, 9 months ago
If she had thrown in Connie Chung, she would have broken a hip. Connie is like really old. And married.
MrSulusBrain said, 9 months ago
Good Lady, Opus is a penguin of the utmost integrity and sincerity who can’t be bought off for a few, measly……….wait a minute, did you say $275?
CHAZ.SHIELDS said, 9 months ago
Does the Cat in the Hat know Opus has his chapeau?
Vonne Anton said, 9 months ago
Is she wearing a KILT? If so, I hope she brought along some decent single malt….
sandflea said, 9 months ago
Shameless hussy.