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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Bo Nanas by John Kovaleski
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Sisyphos said, 8 months ago
Oh, yeah! The ever self-righteous press! Almighty “Journalism”!
neatslob said, 8 months ago
@kuren444
That’s why he’s using a telescope instead.
brewwitch said, 8 months ago
…and Milo grew up to work at Fox News….
Vonne Anton said, 8 months ago
Watch out, Kate Middleton!
Doctor Why said, 8 months ago
@brewwitch
I’d appreciate it if we keep the politics to ourselves. Thank you.
Doctor Why said, 8 months ago
Haha I remember Oliver Wendell Jones would do the same thing when he would stargaze. “Tonight’s moon is particularly brilliant…. as is Mary Lou Farnheimers. No no, scratch that.”
MagicFan said, 8 months ago
@Milo
If that’s ethical, I don’t read the comics.
morosemoose said, 8 months ago
@Doctor Why
I always wondered if Oliver Wendell Jones was related to Oliver Wendell (Spearchucker) Jones from M*A*S*H?
einarbt7 said, 8 months ago
Such is journalism.