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, 8 months ago
Bassalopes are so innocent, and gullible.
Sisyphos said, 8 months ago
I don’t like cockroaches. I do like bananas. This presents a bit of a quandary.
Pigman said, 8 months ago
I’m surprised Wall Street hasn’t tried this excuse.
jackdohany
said, 8 months ago
Can’t read the small print, and the magnifier doesn’t work. Boooo! Hisssss!
1Soni said, 8 months ago
If you have word, you can copy and paste and it will be readable
Vonne Anton said, 8 months ago
If you had to have that inflamed lymph node removed, would that be called a nannerectomy? Would the doctor begin by skinning it? Would your parents just send you to your room without sympathy (and dinner)?
sarah413 said, 8 months ago
Try using your inner Foghorn Leghorn voice when reading what the bassalope is saying. Much more amusing that way.
Strod said, 8 months ago
@jackdohany
Yeah, that sucks.
What fine print are you missing? “Rosebud’s party lair”, “Stolen banana”, or the copyright notice?
MagicFan said, 8 months ago
WHY DID BERKE BREATHED PRINT THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?!