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, 4 months ago
Bill? We seriously need to have a talk about this. Lol.
wecatsgocomics said, 4 months ago
Learn to file properly, you berks!
thebird55 said, 4 months ago
Will someone man-up and go check the litter box?
carl craig said, 4 months ago
accepted
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago
Three strikes….
saywhatwhat said, 4 months ago
Couldn’t we have just, like… a reprint of a reprint?
Gailed said, 4 months ago
Tired,….yawn.
Ensoh said, 4 months ago
No more apologies, no more trite “Bill Ate It” explanations. Find the problem, fire the idiot who should have fixed it by now, and get on with doing what you’re supposed to be doing!
Omnius said, 4 months ago
We Want Bloom County! When do we want ti? Now! Please bring back Opus and gang already.
American1 said, 4 months ago
Bill…you’re a friggin pig!
basicallystupid15 said, 4 months ago
Given the quality of the last few strips this one is much better.
nostrebornod said, 4 months ago
This makes no sense. All they been showing lately are the Sunday comics. It’s not like they are going in sequential order and it’s suddenly a break in the continuity.
Redkaycei Repoc said, 4 months ago
@basicallystupid15
Trying to live up to your nic I see…..
Black4dder said, 4 months ago
@wecatsgocomics
I heartily agree.
Rhyming slang: berk = Berkshire hunt = something rude
Caldonia
said, 4 months ago
When I clicked on this, I did not hear banal music, like the kind I get when I’m waiting for my doctor’s receptionist to answer the phone. So, I’m a little annoyed now.