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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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rayannina said, 7 months ago
Keep that up, Binkley, and you’ll have to keep the supermodels back with a cattle prod.
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago
Milo may not want to admit it, but he is no longer the star of this rock group.
Yay, Binkley! Clap clap!
celecca
said, 7 months ago
there are still some songs whose lyrics I don’t understand. know I know why… they were winging it!
Pigman said, 7 months ago
Little known fact : back in ‘86 Binkley was considered as Axl Rose’s replacement in GnR, but his singing just wasn’t good enough.
listmom said, 7 months ago
“Kiss me ’til my nose is loose…” possible the most romantic lyrics ever.
einarbt7 said, 7 months ago
Don’t stop now.
djmalloy said, 7 months ago
Are there any wild hippopotamooses left?
Vonne Anton said, 7 months ago
How come he was never considered for Deathtongue??? That boy’s got talent!
dahawk said, 7 months ago
@listmom
Made me swoon!!
Cardboard Cutout said, 7 months ago
@djmalloy
Nope, I shot the last one in my PJs. How he got in my PJs, I’ll never know
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
I’ve been looking for a hippopotamoose myself.
Mark said, 7 months ago
@Cardboard Cutout
See yesterday’s “Brevity” http://www.gocomics.com/brevity/2012/10/25
Cardboard Cutout said, 7 months ago
@Mark
Thanks Mark, that cartoon was brilliant
AStarofDestiny said, 7 months ago
You should have done the windmill, Binkley!
Paula R. Stiles
said, 7 months ago
Heh, this is one of my favorites from way back. Pity it’s not in color, though.