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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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thebird55 said, 5 months ago
Along came a Spyder, picked up a rider
and took him down the road to eternity.
Thirdguy said, 5 months ago
You could pick me up in a Ferrari Spyder, and take me anywhere!
capnLaz
said, 5 months ago
Bill the Cat, James Dean, Ernie Kovacs—-the list goes on…
vwdualnomand said, 5 months ago
i feel the need for speed.
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago
Reads just like one of those really great novels—you know the kind, like Valley of the Dolls—high on strained metaphors, big on hyperbole, poignant at the climax; not to mention sex, drugs, and rock ’n roll: fast women, faster cars, disaster!
stp1957 said, 5 months ago
I does appear that the rabbit is extending a middle digit to Bill the cat?
capndunzzl said, 5 months ago
…the guy in the wheelchair is cooler.
Omnius said, 5 months ago
Bill the Cat, he’ll be back!
Vonne Anton said, 5 months ago
And all I get for oblivion is a Camry, an enlarged prostate, and Ambien….what? Too much information? Sorry…not everyone is as glamorous as Bill T. Cat.
elbeck said, 5 months ago
Dean met his end in a Porsche 550 Spyder.
skeeterhawk said, 5 months ago
@ capndunzzl: Cutter John and Bobbi: my favorites, next to Opus.
rpstrong
said, 5 months ago
And his body was never found . . .
mdblanche
said, 5 months ago
I tried reading this before breakfast and I lost my appetite. Thanks a lot, Milo.
win said, 5 months ago
Not acne, ack-ne.
steelyken said, 5 months ago
about wins comment,touche!