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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thebird55 said, 6 months ago
That’s ……..was
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago
He’s the guy Notre Dame won one for, isn’t he?
Thirdguy said, 6 months ago
The younger brother of the Bee Gees, sadly took his life after things went bad for him with Victoria Principle.
vwdualnomand said, 6 months ago
half awake people are so susceptible.
James
said, 6 months ago
I think we still have that problem about how tax dollars are being spent.
K.C. Fahel said, 6 months ago
@Thirdguy
He did NOT commit suicide, nor did he overdose. He died of heart failure as a result of heart inflammation caused by a viral infection, which was the result of years of drug and alcohol abuse.
masterskrain said, 6 months ago
@K.C. Fahel
Well, you COULD say that Drug and Alcohol abuse is just a slower form of suicide…
elbeck said, 6 months ago
@vwdualnomand – Considering the lively sales of energy drinks and the general state of Americans’ political and economic thinking, I think you’re onto something….
Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago
Just someone who wanted to be your everything…
GreggW
said, 6 months ago
@K.C. Fahel
Thanks for the info. I had thought that he committed suicide too.
GreggW
said, 6 months ago
In the days before Americans had Rush Limbaugh to rile up white males. Those were better days.
lindz.coop
said, 6 months ago
Same drivel, different messenger.
MarineOwl said, 6 months ago
Did no one else notice that he took a shower in his pajamas?
Sturmmi14 said, 6 months ago
@MarineOwl
They had some decency in those days. Who would want to see him o’natural? ;-)