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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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Sisyphos said, 8 months ago
Ack! Phfft!
(Ahem. Merchandising. Cough, cough.)
Thirdguy said, 8 months ago
I would buy a shirt, without the hairballs of course!
K.C. Fahel said, 8 months ago
I still have my original Bill the Cat stuffed animal!
Kim Roberts said, 8 months ago
K.C., so do I, As well as the “I’m voting for Bill and Opus” t-shirt.
einarbt7 said, 8 months ago
Ah marketing.
Pigman said, 8 months ago
Ironically, in real life Bill was second only to Opus when it came to selling Bloom County merchandise.
Vonne Anton said, 8 months ago
Garfield, he ain’t….But then again, Garfield ain’t no Bill, neither!
bpullin said, 8 months ago
I had a stuffed Bill the Cat that was stuck to car windows. The suction cup was on his tongue.
Jimmeh said, 8 months ago
Oop! Ack!
joe blow said, 8 months ago
soooo, is the strip starting from the beginning again?
PoodleGroomer said, 8 months ago
I have the Opus phone.
masterskrain said, 8 months ago
@Kim Roberts
My Original Bill still has the tag on it, just like the sitting Opus that I display in his lap!
Someone call e-bay…
I want a “Ahead Warp Zillion” T-shirt from the starchair Enterpoop…
Dave M said, 8 months ago
That Rubik’s cube is enormous.
bbadenov said, 8 months ago
I still have my Opus in his towel and shower cap.
morosemoose said, 8 months ago
@Vonne Anton
Ahhh!!! ACK! PFFFT!! the dreaded triple negative.