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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Brian K
said, 3 months ago
Looks like Bill didn’t snag away today’s strip
capnLaz
said, 3 months ago
Darn it…
NebulousRikulau
said, 3 months ago
Saint Ronnie said higher taxes were good.
Why does the current GOP disagree?
Thirdguy said, 3 months ago
Everything sounds better, after 2 dozen eggnogs.
Thirdguy said, 3 months ago
@NebulousRikulau
The current crowd worships the Gospel according to Limbaugh. “We don’t don’t have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.”
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago
Looks like caroling and politics don’t mix.
Ottodesu said, 3 months ago
@NebulousRikulau
I could do research about your USA, but didn’t Reagan run on a platform of lower taxes?
That’s why he is indeed their “Saint Ronald The Great”, even though by your current standards he’d be way too liberal for the Democrats.
saywhatwhat said, 3 months ago
@Ottodesu
That’s actually a misconception. Although he does seem fairly rational in comparison with today’s Republicans, he would in no way, be “too liberal for the Democrats”. I don’t have time to list the reasons, there are so many.
James
said, 3 months ago
Same song, different party.
chizzel said, 3 months ago
Somebody needs to check the timing belt on this strip
Clotty Peristalt said, 3 months ago
Reagan raised taxes dozens of times, especially payroll taxes that hit the middle class hardest, and never once submitted a balanced budget. Most of what you hear about him is a manufactured myth.
tonygov said, 3 months ago
At least he submitted a budget……..
Omnius said, 3 months ago
So funny how this cartoon will have the republican’s heads explode thinking that their precious ronny raygunz ever raised taxes.
SSRISNRI2 said, 3 months ago
chizzel – the strip isn’t done any more. These are re-runs.
Ionizer said, 3 months ago
@saywhatwhat
“…[Reagan] would in no way, be “too liberal for the Democrats”. I don’t have time to list the reasons, there are so many.”
There’s really only one reason: it’s not possible to be too liberal for a Democrat.