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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Thirdguy said, 6 months ago
In my humble experience, having a penguin do your caroling for you, doesn’t usually work too well. It is much better to do it yourself. Besides, she is liable to hook up with Opus instead!
dukedoug said, 6 months ago
@kuren444
That’s not the way my kids tell it …
dukedoug said, 6 months ago
Love the expressions on Ms. Harlow’s face …
NJB said, 6 months ago
Speak for yourself, Opus.
MrSulusBrain said, 6 months ago
To quote Cousin Eddie, " I don’t know why they call this stuff hamburger helper, it does just fine by itself."
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago
Please, Bobbi! Grant the penguin asylum!
BluePumpkin said, 6 months ago
Foreshadowing for the future perhaps?
Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago
@BluePumpkin
My thoughts exactly!
Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago
What would penguin meat be able to help hamburger with? That funny chili mac stuff that neither tastes like chili nor mac?
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 6 months ago
@kuren444
Possibly as an adjective. Not as a noun!
hariseldon59 said, 6 months ago
Penguin helper.
Cardboard Cutout said, 6 months ago
Do penguins taste like chicken?
Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago
@Cardboard Cutout
No, silly…chicken tastes like rattlesnake.
nerual53 said, 6 months ago
@MrSulusBrain
LOL… watched that movie…again… last weekend. What has become of Randy Quaid since he went to Canada?
Pigman said, 6 months ago
I am no feminist, but even i think any woman with brains should stay away from Steve Dallas.