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, 7 months ago
He’s one of Them?
Burn him at the stake!
or……………………………………………….
Run,Opus, run! (At the very least, waddle!)
TheSkulker
said, 7 months ago
@kuren444
Tradition => fairy tales => fantasy
Vonne Anton said, 7 months ago
About time Opus came out of the closet!
masterskrain said, 7 months ago
@kuren444
Well, for the Republicans and the TEA “Party” wing-nuts, it’s whatever was current in 1575!
K.C. Fahel said, 7 months ago
@TheSkulker
I dunno. I come from a traditional family (my parents have been married for 62 years), and I have a traditional family.
bbadenov said, 7 months ago
@masterskrain
Ah, I see you drank whatever kool-aid the Obama-ites are offering
zoidknight said, 7 months ago
@kuren444
They were declared racist and elitist by the current administration.
Sir Osis of Liver said, 7 months ago
Since the Spanish Inquisition appears to have been unleashed, I figure I better come out too before they get me: I rooted for the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey team when Mario Lemieux was playing for them. But it’s all over now…
el_flesh said, 7 months ago
I brought this comic in to work on its initial run. We had a holy roller who had pretty much the same attitude. Stuck up prissy old fart.
MrSulusBrain said, 7 months ago
“Apparently, I’m out of the closet”. Don’t worry Opus, you’re better off for it. That closet is small, dark, musty and cramped! Step out into the sunshine and warmth that is God’s love…unless of course you’re deemed different and unworthy by a judgemental society in which case you’ll be stoned, beaten and ostracized. On second thought, is there room in that closet for me?
jadoo823 said, 7 months ago
@K.C. Fahel
…yes, but that’s YOUR family tradition…everybody has their own…
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 7 months ago
@MrSulusBrain
Once the bell has been rung no one can silence it, Therefore, Once out of the closet you are on your own, And if you are equipped to survive the current state of this society’s evolving stage Kudos to you
angusdad said, 7 months ago
@MrSulusBrain
AMEN!
MagicFan said, 7 months ago
What on earth is “penguin lust”? I’d say lack of control over lust is the real problem.
dahawk said, 7 months ago
@bbadenov
Drank it? He brewed it!