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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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Sisyphos said, 3 months ago
NOOOOOO!
Thirdguy said, 3 months ago
Bill needs to go on a diet!
Brian K
said, 3 months ago
Bill thought it was hungry
Vonne Anton said, 3 months ago
*Holds his hands high in the air; Spins around in his office chair, and goes:)
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WWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……………………
Vonne Anton said, 3 months ago
Sorry about that; it’s first thing in the morning and I always have a good wee.
bennett8654 said, 3 months ago
Bill papers bad for you
katina.cooper said, 3 months ago
Well, darn, no beer today. Everyday, I make a bet with myself that there will be comic on that day. If I get it right, I get a beer. I bet wrong today.
scottbruce said, 3 months ago
I guess the taxes are too high for BB to work on some replacement strips.
jeff cartwright
said, 3 months ago
put it to bed it is so dated,was my bestest strip once but Reagan on tv heavy metal man that was a generation ago.GREED is not good
jadoo823 said, 3 months ago
…really, has anybody taken Bill to the vet yet? I’m sure he must have a tapeworm….
ConRac said, 3 months ago
Opus looks a little guilty; he knows something about these missing strips.
Katina.cooper,
That’s much too harsh!
mwbarr
said, 3 months ago
How could Bill eat it? He’s dead!
ananomoose said, 3 months ago
I think someone ran out of paper in the outhouse.
royb0462 said, 3 months ago
Atapeworm that likes paper?
Senex said, 3 months ago
@mwbarr
Just mostly dead.