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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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Thirdguy said, 6 months ago
Opus is SO funny when he is delusional!
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago
Opus Claus! Wake up! You’re ruining a little boy’s Christmas! Ours, too! Wake up, Opus!
Orion said, 6 months ago
It’s Opus?! I thought it was the President! (take your pick as to which one from the last dozen…)
Orion
Brian K
said, 6 months ago
Talk about Bad Santa
James
said, 6 months ago
Delusional? I thought that really was the U.N…or Congress.
elbeck said, 6 months ago
Pretty much wraps up the m.o. of the UN in a four-panel strip.
dbig 1oohh said, 6 months ago
@James
Not much of a difference between the two of them. They both belong to the Corporations.
Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago
Oh, MAN! This is FUNNY! Will laugh all day now…
Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago
A hilarious parody of United Nations actions.
mdalton
said, 6 months ago
“Full-blown, gonzo [adjective].”
Brilliant. I’d forgotten about that one. I’m going to have to start working it into my everyday conversation and/or emails.
specinss said, 6 months ago
Hooray Opus is back
bpullin said, 6 months ago
The UN general assembly resembles the bar room scene from Star Wars. And gets even less done.
JoeCoolLives said, 6 months ago
‘Insanely hilarious! … ’Biting satire…
’Love this strip…’always will…