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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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nazzofoggenmach said, 2 months ago
that’s me, the circumspectly rationalized procrastinator.
Thirdguy said, 2 months ago
and Brooke is STILL looking pretty good!
James
said, 2 months ago
It’s amazing what people worried about that no longer matters. Gives me hope that the people and things I think are a big deal in 2013 won’t matter in a few years either.
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago
Uh-oh. I fear our thoughtful snoozer’s repose is about to come to a crashing halt! Alas, poor Opus; I knew him well….
chizzel said, 2 months ago
Could this be a ‘’ rude awakening’’
specinss said, 2 months ago
GOOD MORNING!!
TexTech said, 2 months ago
I’m with Opus. I maintain that if I had my druthers, I would get up every day right at the crack of noon.
Burnside217 said, 2 months ago
Family can have an affect on ones peace.
Omnius said, 2 months ago
That was a total tragedy having Patty Buchanon running amok in the White House, let’s not forget he was Nixon’s speechwriter.
sandflea said, 2 months ago
^“I am not a crook.”
Bob
said, 2 months ago
@James
But every so often there is a real big mess-up.
rhvann said, 2 months ago
I find it hard to believe that people actually post this sort of drivel on a cartoon page!
RoninBob said, 2 months ago
!985 everybody should have bought all the Apple stock instead of all that Panama Red like Steve did
Silmenume said, 2 months ago
And you’ll note – the scientific community was worried about GLOBAL COOLING!!!
mrssaskfan said, 2 months ago
@Silmenume
Not in the universe the I was inhabiting. What exactly were you drinking in 1985?