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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Brian K
said, 6 months ago
This cats on crack… Wait.. He always is
surfstuff55 said, 6 months ago
Bill and Ted’s not so excellent adventure
kea said, 6 months ago
Wow – haven’t heard the ‘Felix the Cat’ theme in ages.
masterskrain said, 6 months ago
One of the few times I can remember Bill actually saying something other then “AACK”!
gmu328 said, 6 months ago
That true, Ack and ACK were about the only two things he’s ever said that I can remember …
TexTech said, 6 months ago
Ah, he’s probably just lip-synching and not really saying anything, actually.
kittenpah said, 6 months ago
It’s not a lack of respect, Bill. Ted is just afraid he doesn’t have the singing chops to match up with you!
Vic said, 6 months ago
Pphptt !
jadoo823 said, 6 months ago
…try Donald Trump…
sarah413 said, 6 months ago
@masterkrain He would say “gag” and “barf” once in a while as well. Maybe they need to get Betty Boopstein as well?
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago
Ack! Pphptt! Bill at his best! Eat your heart out, Koppel! Look at how great a performer Bill was before he completely fried his alleged brain! (I wonder if anyone signed on for the show?)
dfrechet said, 6 months ago
@TexTech
Ah yes, “Billie Vanillie…..”
Colonel Claus
said, 6 months ago
@gmu328
He had to say somethign else to keep from being confused with a martian
Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago
Who’s Ted Koppel?
el_flesh said, 6 months ago
Yep. This was before Bill melted his brain – completely. But his eyeball is already a gogglin’… freebasing little friskies…