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
He really aged well!
Sisyphos said, 9 months ago
And to think, this “future” was 5 years ago! Yikes!
MrDangerous said, 9 months ago
Amazing how accurate that prediction is.
James
said, 9 months ago
Glad male clothing styles never went in that direction.
John Bollinger
said, 9 months ago
She’s got him jumping through hoops!
twypsi said, 9 months ago
Steve didn’t age too well. Still has the sunglasses, though!
Larhof52 said, 9 months ago
What year was this made?
Raygun said, 9 months ago
1986 I believe
Ray Thomas said, 9 months ago
@James
What style? I wear the same things I wore in the sixties (except the pink shirts and purple pants) and I don’t care what ANYBODY thinks
Vonne Anton said, 9 months ago
hmmm….thought that hot dog tasted funny….
Llywus42 said, 9 months ago
We are living in the future I’ll tell you how I know
I read it in the paper Fifteen years ago
We’re all driving rocket ships And talking with our minds
And wearing turquoise jewelry And standing in soup lines
-John Prine
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 9 months ago
Just hold it right there buckos! I still have (and wear) my ruffles pink shirt! and if anyone has a problem with that I have you talk to my gram’s about it!
mike scott said, 9 months ago
Where is my jetpack? We were promised jetpacks.
djmalloy said, 9 months ago
23? Is Lola Octomom+15? Opus and Lola should get their own reality show.
kevindix said, 9 months ago
How did Steve end up with Jack Nicholson’s hairline?