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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Pigman said, 4 months ago
On one hand, it’s good to see there’s a strip today. On the other hand, it’s sad to know poor Bill is going hungry.
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago
I kinda think Milo is jerking Binkley’s chain….
James
said, 4 months ago
Puberty must have just struck.
vwdualnomand said, 4 months ago
meryl. she does good work. kramer, french lieutenant, mamma mia, and maggie thatcher.
hariseldon59 said, 4 months ago
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Vonne Anton said, 4 months ago
No, silly, that’s not a herd of horses and Meryl Streep….it’s a blimp!
Omnius said, 4 months ago
You know that’s an old cartoon since it mentions Meryl Streep as having a lithesome figure. Now she’s just an iron hag.
BluePumpkin said, 4 months ago
I dunno, I tend to think that Meryl Streep has aged quite gracefully considering she’s nearing her mid sixties . . . I don’t think seeing her riding on the back of a horse would be the same, but still . . . she looks better than many at her age.
Jimmeh said, 4 months ago
@BluePumpkin
Agree.
Caldonia
said, 4 months ago
Wow, is there any role Streep CAN’T play?
Bobzilla said, 4 months ago
@BluePumpkin
At my age, mid 60s would be a young broad.
brickster said, 4 months ago
Wool gathering…. I see a flock of sheep!
AmyGrantfan51774 said, 4 months ago
@vwdualnomand
don’t forget The Bridges of Madison County
AmyGrantfan51774 said, 4 months ago
@Omnius
hey that’s not nice!!!!!!
AmyGrantfan51774 said, 4 months ago
Meryl Streep a great actress…hope her daughter Mamie Gummer’s show Emily Owens M.D. will last though I’ve never seen it