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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StrummerFan said, 8 months ago
So….is it safe to say Lola is back on the market? What’s her number again?
Sisyphos said, 8 months ago
A most inopportune dream, young-again Opus!
Brian K
said, 8 months ago
Just then, Opus had second thoughts about having kids.
MrSulusBrain said, 8 months ago
Wow Opus, you sure know how to sweet talk a girl!
SwimsWithSharks
said, 8 months ago
This is how the heart breaks. If Opus can’t keep Lola, and if Billy Joel can’t hang on to Christie Brinkley, then there’s really no hope for us unattractive guys to keep a babe.
SSRISNRI2 said, 8 months ago
Opus…it was only a DREAM…sheesh….
MagicFan said, 8 months ago
This whole arc has been insane.
GreggW
said, 8 months ago
Bestiality averted.
Kneejrk said, 8 months ago
I’m with Strummerfan. Regarding Lola, what’s her number?
Neo Blakkrstal said, 8 months ago
CLASSIC!!
BluePumpkin said, 8 months ago
@SwimsWithSharks
I think Billy Joel might have shot himself in the foot with that one . . . substance abuse is a hard thing to live with. Then again, so is pickled herring breath . . . .