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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Ryan (probably the older Ryan) said, 4 months ago
Don’t let that towel drop!
vwdualnomand said, 4 months ago
his son, enrique, is in a relationship with anna kournikova and also a singer. like his song, escape.
Brian K
said, 4 months ago
He’s on something
Sisyphos said, 4 months ago
Sorry, Opus, all the hot has left the shower stall. There will probably still be haunting Spanish echoes, however….
baldhedjer said, 4 months ago
I guess that strip would be funnier if I spoke Spanish.
Thirdguy said, 4 months ago
@baldhedjer
It still could be funny, just google a few phrases.
Ignorance is curable.
nazzofoggenmach said, 4 months ago
@Thirdguy
nice!
Omnius said, 4 months ago
Never could stand Julio and his lame music.
nazzofoggenmach said, 4 months ago
que tragedia frio. (sp?)
morosemoose said, 4 months ago
@baldhedjer
You shold have paid more attention to Sesame Street.
filhodeangola said, 4 months ago
BuenAs noches…Mr. Iglesias should use feminine adjectives with feminine words.
jadoo823 said, 4 months ago
@Thirdguy
…apparently, meanness is not, though…
Caldonia
said, 4 months ago
Oh, come on. It would be a kindness for a Spanish speaker on here to provide a translation.
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(Wait—a kind person who comments on the internet? lolz I’m currently having a fantasy, apparently!)
Bobzilla said, 4 months ago
@Thirdguy
“Ignorance is curable.” But stupid is forever!
Horst Hrubbisch said, 4 months ago
Agua fria? Why I oughta…!