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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simpsonfan2 said, 3 months ago
Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, they never had a computer as kids. Neither did DaVinci, Walt Disney, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King jr.
thebird55 said, 3 months ago
Yeah, and Bananarama was approached to promote the BJ600.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago
nobody had a computer as a kid before the 1970s.
opuscroakus70 said, 3 months ago
Gene actually turned out OK- successful businessman, stable family life, and never even touched drugs.
Paula R. Stiles
said, 3 months ago
Gene’s done pretty well for himself, actually. A kid could do worse than emulate him.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago
Kiss fan: PC, Microflop software.
Bloom County fan: Banana Jr. 6000, Bananaware.
Me: Mac, Appleware. Where do I fit in?!
dukedoug said, 3 months ago
@Sisyphos
Nowhere if you’ve got a Mac …
SwimsWithSharks
said, 3 months ago
Did Apple run ads like this back in the 80’s? I think maybe they did.
vwdualnomand said, 3 months ago
gene has multiple computers. ever see his show.
ensiform said, 3 months ago
Boy did all of you people miss the point of this strip.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@simpsonfan2
That is not exactly a very good recommendation either. Do not worry, public school works to prevent the last 3.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@Sisyphos
Technologically challenged.
Sir Osis of Liver said, 3 months ago
@vwdualnomand
Yeah, with all dough he made at the time I am sure he could have bought the whole company. But maybe not nowadays, though…
nazzofoggenmach said, 3 months ago
he kept licking the pixels clean off the screen.
Omnius said, 3 months ago
Funny that Gene Simmons turned out to be a rather conservative businessman, yep I guess he ruined his life being a member of KISS.