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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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dukedoug said, 4 months ago
Opus for Pope !! He’s already trained.
simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago
Watchyou talkin’ bout, Opus?
Lureman said, 4 months ago
@simpsonfan2
LOL!!!
George Tirebiter said, 4 months ago
If they’d been on the ballot last year I’d have voted for them…
thebird55 said, 4 months ago
Well, the Pope position is about to come open.
capndunzzl said, 4 months ago
…set the “way-back” machine.
Quantumtorpedo1
said, 4 months ago
@ George Tirebiter
Is Porgie still up stairs helping Porcelain make the bed?
Redkaycei Repoc said, 4 months ago
@Quantumtorpedo1
Don’t Crush That Dwarf! Hand Me The Pliers!
Craig Linder
said, 4 months ago
@Redkaycei Repoc
Dear Friends, in these troubled times, when you can’t tell the A.C.s from the D.C.s, don’t we need someone who can turn on a little stopping power?
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago
Why Not the Worst? You guys should run again in 2016.
Brian K
said, 4 months ago
The last picture reminds me of those Internet pictures
vwdualnomand said, 4 months ago
sometimes wish the us had a parliamentary system.
djmalloy said, 4 months ago
Opus, you may get your chance at pope in just a couple weeks. You could be the best pope ever!
Omnius said, 4 months ago
Now that’s funny Ronny Raygunz and his BFF Fidel Castro. That 1984 Why not the Worst was George W. Bush’s true campaign slogan because he was the worst president ever.
D PB said, 4 months ago
@Omnius
Dude, you suffer from severe BDS, seriously severe.
There is nothing even remotely related to Bush in this cartoon, yet you still somehow brought it up.
Insecure much?