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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Vonne Anton said, 5 months ago
…tongue?
thebird55 said, 5 months ago
@Vonne Anton
That was my guess.
kittenpah said, 5 months ago
Wait, he stumbled to HIS car? I thought he stole Charlie Brown’s Mercedes that night.
Tacopielvr said, 5 months ago
If I remember correctly it was Bill’s tongue.
George Tirebiter said, 5 months ago
@Tacopielvr
To the Clone Vats! Stat!!!
Brian D. said, 5 months ago
And they have a show called exactly that,The Last 24 Hours. I just watched it.This episode was about River Phoenix.
Sisyphos said, 5 months ago
See, kids? Hanging with that Mary Worth-person. Chemically ravaged. Speeding. One Flew Over The Cactus Plant. And only his _____* was found!
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*(Stay ’tooned!)
Allan Reini said, 5 months ago
Cue Oliver.
Omnius said, 5 months ago
Fear and Loathing in Bloom County!
Llywus42 said, 5 months ago
So now we know, Bloom County is in southern AZ or possibly the southwest corner on NM.
Kendor said, 5 months ago
@kittenpah
Charlie Brown said “One night Bill showed up about 4:00am at my West Hollywood bungalow… then he drank all my rootbeer and stole my mercedes.” So, I guess it is safe to say that Bill had been on the rampage for quite a while before the night of Mary Worth’s party.
Habogee said, 5 months ago
@Kendor
It did mention “months of chemical abuse”.
xsintrix said, 5 months ago
@Omnius
Shouldn’t that be Fur and Loathing?
jadoo823 said, 5 months ago
@xsintrix
…wasn’t that an actual CSI episode?…
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 5 months ago
HIS WHAT?? HIS WHAT?????