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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dukedoug said, 3 months ago
BUURRRPPPP !!
(Highly indigestible, these old Bloom County strips …).
Vonne Anton said, 3 months ago
No complaining…just move on…
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago
Uh-huh.
K.C. Fahel said, 3 months ago
Mmmm…full of fiber!
jeff cartwright
said, 3 months ago
loved the strip ,what we have is a 25 year overripe melon the strips that are missing me think they deconposed
Gailed said, 3 months ago
Not again?
sight 4 saw ize said, 3 months ago
I grow weary of this nonsensical banter!
Omnius said, 3 months ago
Please stop posting your stupid apologies and just don’t post anything if there isn’t a strip to post. Haven’t you heard that silence is golden?
philvone said, 3 months ago
For a dead cat, Bill sure eats a lot!
JoeCoolLives said, 3 months ago
This pattern is beginning to resemble presidential speeches…Same ol’ – same ol’ ….it’s not just stale, but used ‘way too much… I’m just about done with Bill th’ Cat an’ th’ Bloom County gang…
Ian Rey
said, 3 months ago
Getting pretty tired of this. I enjoy the old strips, but not enough to see this four times a week.
jsd1972 said, 3 months ago
what a bunch of crybabies. If reading every single Bloom County strip is that important to you, any reputable book dealer can sell them to you.
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 3 months ago
Really , GoComics, wtf?
Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 3 months ago
@jsd1972
Some people —not me, I admit – - pay for this. I understand them being annoyed.
sandflea said, 3 months ago
@jsd1972
If I wanted to buy a book I would. Advertisers pay to run ads on this site. They’re probably the ones who have the biggest complaint.