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
Send them ALL to H…
hariseldon59 said, 8 months ago
I love this story line, but it seems like they skipped a few strips.
Sisyphos said, 8 months ago
Hallelujah, brothers and sisters! They’re gettin’ on Home!
Vonne Anton said, 8 months ago
“You received free, give free.” – Matthew 10:8
Too bad none of these guys read the Bible.
bgby4884 said, 8 months ago
They’ll have plenty of company with all of the folks who scorn God. As well as all of the other proclaimed Christians; who like these fellows only focus on the parts of the Bible they like and then think they’re going somewhere. The Bible says only a few follow God in truth.
Omnius said, 8 months ago
Those flim flam men of religion just fleece their idiotic flock of overly devoted demented fools of faith.
vwdualnomand said, 8 months ago
why should we give money to these thieves? they don’t even pay taxes.
Jimmeh said, 8 months ago
There are legitemate ministries. Wolves in sheeps clothing are not unique to our generation. Peter and James make this clear in their letters (epistles). This calls for discerment that can only be gotten by reading God’s Word.
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 8 months ago
And yet “The Show Must Go On” AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shytimes2
said, 8 months ago
@THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG
How in the WORLD did you do THAT?!
Jaylene Hake said, 8 months ago
Hey, what happened to the opening strips of this storyline?
Strod said, 7 months ago
@hariseldon59
@hariseldon59 and @Jaylene Hake:
Yes, they skipped the strips from June 29, 1987 to July 12, 1987 (of course the latter is a Sunday anyway).
This storyline apparently started on Monday, July 6, 1987, although it references the strip of the previous Friday which is conspicuously missing from the archives in this website!
lin4869
said, 7 months ago
Love this series; I have an Oral Bill tee shirt too! :D