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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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thebird55 said, 2 months ago
Bruce turned 58 just yesterday.
greg_liu said, 2 months ago
Which explains the “smells like anchovy pizza” thing.
nazzofoggenmach said, 2 months ago
mix that anchovy smell with what comes out of your tuba’s spit tube, you still ain’t got a chance babe!
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago
Will Albuquerque Oranges make me a maestro, too? (I can’t play tuba, not even at third string.)
Brian K
said, 2 months ago
So Opus would be 33 now
FlyerTom said, 2 months ago
So did Billy Joel.
Christie Brinkley was mucho caliente!
dukedoug said, 2 months ago
@FlyerTom
… and Billy and Bruce were mucho richo !!
neatslob said, 2 months ago
@Sisyphos
One I heard recently: If a man can’t play an instrument, give him two sticks and make him a drummer. If he can’t drum either, take away one of the sticks and make him a conductor.
JoeCoolLives said, 2 months ago
Opus could give Charlie Brown lessons on looking for love in all th’ wrong places …
Strod said, 2 months ago
@thebird55
Odd. Wikipedia says:
Born: September 23, 1949 (age 63)
SwimsWithSharks
said, 2 months ago
Ha, Bruce got a hot n’ fancy babe. Then Patti stole him.
/i keed, Patti! You’re hot n fancy too.
morrrva said, 2 months ago
@thebird55
Um, that was Bruce Willis.
Teresa said, 2 months ago
I may not be a hot and fancy babe (heck, I know I’m not) but I do love Opus!
thebird55 said, 2 months ago
@morrrva
I don’t know how I got “Willis” from “Springsteen”, but that’s what happened. I guess because I had just been reading about Willis in a “today’s birthdays” type thing.
thebird55 said, 2 months ago
@morrrva
By the way, good catch.