Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed
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About Bloom County
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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Comments (8) (Please sign in to comment)
einarbt said, over 1 year ago
Okay, I’m out…
Sisyphos said, over 1 year ago
I guess that means that, in Solidarity with the characters, I should not comment….
dukedoug said, over 1 year ago
@Sisyphos
You just did …
K.C. Fahel said, over 1 year ago
What’s funny is that Kathleen Turner’s voice is actually a lot deeper than Michael Jackson’s!
kittenpah said, over 1 year ago
Walk out? I was always under the impression that Bloom County was located in one of those “Right to Work for Less” states.
GorgoloChick said, over 1 year ago
You live in one of those, too, eh?
jamner said, over 1 year ago
@Sisyphos
sure you can! …. sing it brother! “look for the union label” ….or…. power to the toons!
K.C. Fahel said, over 1 year ago
@ypoons7666
My uncle. No kidding. He has a very high voice for a man. His wife’s voice is deeper.