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, 8 months ago
Oh, the joys of a singing cockroach running in and out of one’s nose!
Thirdguy said, 8 months ago
eeewwwww, ickkkkk!
Vonne Anton said, 8 months ago
Say, mind if I smash you with my shoe, spray you with poison, and flush you down the toilet? Don’t mind if I do!
dukedoug said, 8 months ago
Squish you up in paper and cremate you jn the coals in the wood-fired heater ?
We got “cockies” here but they aren’t as big as in the tropics !!
dukedoug said, 8 months ago
jn ?? … in …
Burnside217 said, 8 months ago
This is where the squishing and cleaning begins!
BluePumpkin said, 8 months ago
I thank my lucky stars that I live too far north to have cockroaches. Thank you inhospitably cold winters!
sparkle 13 said, 8 months ago
Maybe THAT’S the reason my nose keeps itching at night!!!
thebird55 said, 8 months ago
Way to close to home.
I recently moved into a badly infested place. I sprayed, with little effect. I was still having to shake roaches out of my toaster before each use. I have never lived like that before. Last night, I applied gel bait. Today, I’ve only seen one roach. And that was back here in my bedroom where I didn’t treat. (I ran out.) No more fighting roaches for the toaster!! Victory is mine!!!
Horst Hrubbisch said, 8 months ago
Basselope apparently lives in Joe’s Apartment.
Pigman said, 8 months ago
Cool! I had no idea Bloom County was on this site!
MagicFan said, 8 months ago
@Pigman
Where did you check?