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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surfstuff55 said, 5 months ago
They never caught me! Still a long haired hippy freak. Emphasis on the HIPpy these days.
thebird55 said, 5 months ago
They aren’t extinct. They just went………………..wait for it………………………….underground.
Himari Noihara said, 5 months ago
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Seriously? retarded political discussion is creeping in here, too?
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago
One of the endearing qualities of Bloom County is its ability to skewer both sides of the political spectrum….
susanwobb said, 5 months ago
We’re ba-a-a-ck!
James
said, 5 months ago
Never could get into Feiffer, even back when I was a liberal.
MrSulusBrain said, 5 months ago
The producers of this strip would like you to know that “no liberals were harmed” during the making of this cartoon.
mrssaskfan said, 5 months ago
@James
I wonder if some people just imagine they’re liberals because they’re young and want to stick it to mom and dad, but are really conservative inside. A psychology prof studied his students over a 30 year period and it was his observation that conservatives come from tight-knit conservative religious communities. Some find the new people and experiences at college so liberating that they become liberal and others return to the conservative enclave. When real liberals turn a little conservative, it’s when they have kids and need to pull some authoritarian schtick. But they can be more liberal again when the kids are grown.
vwdualnomand said, 5 months ago
didn’t the conservatives made the world a more dangerous place?
Tacopielvr said, 5 months ago
@mrssaskfan
Stupid and insulting. Cite sources.
Sayman said, 5 months ago
I don’t worry about the labels myself and go with what seems best.
I suppose someone has or will invent a label for that too – us humans seems comfortable with labels.
blather046047 said, 5 months ago
Please explain what is so hateful about a desire for smaller, effective, constitutional government and a return to personal responsibility by those capable of exercising it.
DavidGBA said, 5 months ago
Do they neuter their display animals?
Redkaycei Repoc said, 5 months ago
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LOL too bad it’s not true….
Redkaycei Repoc said, 5 months ago
People should look up how the notorious radicals of the 60’s and 70’s turned out… Jerry Rubin for example….