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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George Tirebiter said, 2 months ago
Loser!
Ryan (probably the older Ryan) said, 2 months ago
“Larry Bud’ Melman”! Brings back memories of clasic Letterman shows.
saywhatwhat said, 2 months ago
I was going to post yesterday but didn’t have time, had to go check on the liver paté in the refrigerator.
Thirdguy said, 2 months ago
I wish someone like that would bust in on my dreams once in a while!
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago
Oh, Binkley! So young to have given up on life! How bad is it when a boy won’t even drink a cola beverage, much less dream on with the buxom adventuress?
Brian K
said, 2 months ago
Then he wakes up
tsandl said, 2 months ago
Something against cokes? Turn again Binkley, thrice mayor of New York.
skeeterhawk said, 2 months ago
I actually have decaf coke in the fridge. But I sure miss the coke before they ‘messed it up’ back then. Can we plug (or ‘unplug’) brands on this chat board?
JusSayin said, 2 months ago
@skeeterhawk
Psst! Every now and then you can get some Mexican coke. They use real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. I tried new coke in the 80s, but had to put lemon juice on the rim to make it tolerable. I still believe new coke was a plan to make people accept a sweeter cheaper product, in the form of “classic coke”. I got cases of kosher for Passover cokes right after the change, but now I have to wait for the Mexican Supplier.
henebry said, 2 months ago
Is this where they got the idea for Lara Croft? the first Tomb Raider game came out in 1996, and this strip dates to the 1980s.
whome?? said, 2 months ago
Larry, the older one………. I’m so old I can remember when Letterman was funny.
vwdualnomand said, 2 months ago
the new tomb raider game is really good.
JoeCoolLives said, 2 months ago
[sigh] I miss the Eighties…
gaebie said, 2 months ago
Welcome to our world Binkley
BluePumpkin said, 2 months ago
Hmm, the problem with my boring life is that when it gets exciting, it usually isn’t the kind of excitement I want.