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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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Brian K
said, 7 months ago
I think this is better then Deathtougue, a.k.a Billy and the Boingers.
Thirdguy said, 7 months ago
Is this the new Romney campain anthem?
or was that last week?
Sisyphos said, 7 months ago
Keith Richards: yeah, baby! He’s outlasted Milo and the Meadow Blasters! (Durn pinko lib-er-als!)
Vonne Anton said, 7 months ago
Uh, oh…stand back….here come all the left/right nutjobs…Sigh.
celecca
said, 7 months ago
@Vonne Anton
maybe this will tickle their funny bone and we’ll all have a good laugh instead… No? Sigh.
Brian Fink said, 7 months ago
I’ve got the books and I dont think I’ve ever seen this one! And now I have “Physical” stuck in my head.
zoidknight said, 7 months ago
@Brian K
Not really.
Dragon0131 said, 7 months ago
Love it, but now I’m going to have to find the original song.
Omnius said, 7 months ago
@
Hey ‘roidknight – look who’s calling people racist – Racist!
brewwitch said, 7 months ago
You know people are taking politics waaaaaaay too seriously when they can’t chuckle at a strip like this without commenting on the present situation.
People! If I want to read a bunch of political BS, I would go to CNN.com or one of hundreds of other places.
kittenpah said, 7 months ago
@Sisyphos, I’m not sure you could prove to me that Keith Richards is actually still alive, but he does a good “Walking Dead” schtick.
dfrechet said, 7 months ago
I love the intro panel with Bink and the cig………….
Sir Osis of Liver said, 7 months ago
Who is playing the drum in the last panel?
GreggW
said, 7 months ago
Doesn’t work, too many syllables.
Teresa said, 7 months ago
@Sir Osis of Liver
the drummer is a really, really old fashioned Opus!