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
If worse comes to worse, buy him a gift card.
Sisyphos said, 6 months ago
So, young Binkley is not destined to become a professional sculptor?
saywhatwhat said, 6 months ago
Be glad he’s smart enough not to make a paper-mache ashtray.
vwdualnomand said, 6 months ago
that is why we have gift cards.
ananomoose said, 6 months ago
Dad would have been happier with Dolly Parton’s bust.
olfart said, 6 months ago
@ ananomoose
He could probably buy one at the same place Dolly bought hers.
Just so no one thinks I’m hating; I love Dolly Parton.
D-squared said, 6 months ago
@kuren444
“it’s the thought that stinks!”
skeeterhawk said, 6 months ago
I remember on ‘Johnny Carson,’ she said they’re real. But, no matter. I like your DP sentiment.
I think that was Tom Binkley’s way of saying it’s the thought that counts.
BluePumpkin said, 6 months ago
@olfart
Dolly would have thought it funny – I’ve always liked how honest she is about herself.
Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago
Victor/Victoria anyone?
morosemoose said, 6 months ago
He forgot that he smoked only recently. There was a wholestrip where Dad went cold turkey.I always like his raction to Binkley showing him a full color blow up of a diseased lung, then later hold him he had hidden his cigs in the toilet.
BloomCo said, 6 months ago
Julie Andrews shaped like cow dung. There is that Bloom County strip of when Opus was going to get married where they got hold of that film outtake where Julie Andrews says the “S” word.
Terri Brittingham said, 6 months ago
It’s the thought that counts.
DavidGBA said, 6 months ago
Just the bust?
hariseldon59 said, 6 months ago
From The Naked Gun 21/2:
Woman: Is this some kind of bust?
Frank Drebin: Yes, ma’am, it very impressive.