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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simpsonfan2 said, 8 months ago
And there are women who respond positively to that type of comment. Not that I meet any…
Sisyphos said, 8 months ago
Calling Mr. Trash! Mr. Trash, the neighborhood hottie doesn’t even notice my existence. What should I do? You seem to be trained in such matters….
MrSulusBrain said, 8 months ago
These days Opus would be reading “Manual Labor for Dummies”.
Vonne Anton said, 8 months ago
(Sigh) I shook it and accidentally broke it!
J. Short
said, 8 months ago
After 20 years of highway construction, my brother got an office job with the state of Florida. He said it was nice to talk about something besides women, (that wasn’t the term he used) drinking and fighting. Oh, and one more thing; not having to use a Porto John.
wroady said, 8 months ago
@vonne anton, if you shook yours and broke it, it probably had a crack in it in the first place!
D-squared said, 8 months ago
‘c’, pick ‘c’
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 8 months ago
If I don’t get the “Garbage Collector” Job, Could I still get me a copy of the manual ? please! send your responses to: sufamelico@hotmail.com (I really could use it)
BluePumpkin said, 8 months ago
I knew I had reached a certain age when construction workers and the like stopped cat-calling at me. Sadly, that certain age was about 20. :/ (Not that I’m sad to walk down the street without being harassed, but a little sad that they were yowling at teenage girls when they were in their 40’s.)
Vonne Anton said, 8 months ago
@wroady
LOL!
sandflea said, 8 months ago
@BluePumpkin
They’re all just uneducated fools.
Ghretighoti said, 8 months ago
And thus was born the term “Trash Talk”.
opuscroakus70 said, 8 months ago
Reminds me of the “Sex And The City” episode where Miranda finally calls out the construction worker who’s been cat-calling her- not having dated in months she basically tells him “fine, you wanna go at it, let’s go!” He gets flustered and says “geez lady, I’m married!”