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Bloom County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Among the topical issues discussed at length in Bloom County are US anti-drug policy (Dr. Oliver's Scalp Tonic), Christian televangelist scandals (Fundamentally Oral Bill), animal testing (Attack of the Mary Kay Commandos), hard rock and censorship (Deathtöngue and Billy and the Boingers), and mass-media advertising (Opus and his weakness for infomercials). When Oliver Jones identified Bloom County as the place where Halley's Comet would crash into Earth, a sign was seen saying that it was at 35.05 N 146.55 E. This would place it in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Japan. Bloom County was a popular comic strip by Berke Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bloom_County   (1433 words)

Minor characters in Bloom County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thornhump was not present when Bloom County was "sold" to Donald Trump in Bill the Cat's body, although he was later parodied in an editorial cartoon by Bill Watterson that attacked Breathed's penchant for allowing merchandising rights for his creations. Although she had a few storylines of her own in the strip (many of which were left out of subsequent Bloom County collections), Yaz never really caught on as a popular character. The following are minor characters from Berke Breathed's comic strip Bloom County. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minor_characters_in_Bloom_County   (1828 words)

Union County Biographies BLOOM Bloom was one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Cove and he has seen all the marvellous growth that has taken place in Union county since 1862, having ever been in the van guard of the ranks that were laboring for substantial progress and material development of the county. Samuel M. Bloom was born in Brown county, Ohio, on February 4, 1836, being the son of Lewis and Mary (Michel) Bloom, farmers of that section. Bloom and Miss Martha Jane Murphy, a native of Tennessee, was solemnized in Jasper county, Iowa, and they became the parents of three boys and two girls, all living. www.usgennet.org /usa/or/county/union1/bloombiosunion.htm   (993 words)

The Opus family tree's beloved comics Bloom County revolved around the Bloom Boarding House and the eccentric Bloom family, and gradually, the entire eccentric community of Bloom County. Over the years, Bloom County's focus changed from wry observational humor of a small town to cultural and societal parody with a wider view, and out of the 12 or so main characters, two stars emerged: Opus, the sensitive penguin, and Bill, the drug-addled, half-dead orange cat. Bloom County appeared in more than 1,000 papers, was reprinted in numerous best-selling books, and in 1987, won Breathed a Pulitzer Prize. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/11/23/PKG4K33UT01.DTL&type=printable   (342 words)

Motherfucking Masterpieces: Bloom County But perhaps “Bloom County's” greatest success at tackling political issue was the series of strips Breathed ran on the predilection the Mary Kay Cosmetics Company had for testing their chemicals on animals. Unlike “Peanuts” or “Garfield,” the characters of “Bloom County” lived in our world and dealt with the same issues we did.  Breathed was clearly liberal*, but would not bow to the church of political correctness that demanded all humor be stamped out lest it offend some tiny minority of transsexual Eskimos. “Bloom County’s communist cockroaches were plainly borrowed from Gilbert Shelton’s “ www.forbisthemighty.com /acidlogic/mm_bloomcounty.htm   (1461 words)

Berkeley Breathed, Creator of Bloom County and Outland Bloom County and Outland’s creator had not been an avid newspaper comic fan when he took up a career in cartooning. Bloom County took its position on the funny pages on December 8, 1980 under the syndication of the Washington Post Writers Group. Gradually, the other characters from Bloom County made their way into Outland, but the strip didn’t catch on with comics fans as well as the first. www.suite101.com /article.cfm/12933/99565   (440 words)

Radley Balko on Bloom County on National Review Online Bloom County, you may remember, featured a hodgepodge cast of prairie critters (one of them was actually named "Hodgepodge"), pre-adolescent boys (about my age when I started reading), and adults (whose role was mostly to play the fool). Gone was the reflexive leftism of Bloom County, and in its place grew a general skepticism for power and political patronage. But Bloom County quickly developed an identity of its own, and proved much more playful, charming, insightful than Doonesbury ever was — or has been since. www.nationalreview.com /comment/balko200309250810.asp   (1303 words)

Salon Directory "Bloom County's" absurdity meant that it seemed to melt the boundaries between the comics and the rest of the paper, broaching issues not traditionally associated with even the most experimental or political strips. There was a time in that hazy, sunny morning time in a bygone innocent America when a slightly off-color "Bloom County" or "Doonesbury" would hit the comic pages and the nation's ministers would proclaim the funnies as ground zero on the cultural battleground for the morals of our youth. They have populated his work almost exclusively since the early days of "Bloom County," his wildly successful daily comic strip that ran from 1980 through 1989, earning him a 1987 Pulitzer Prize. dir.salon.com /story/ent/feature/2003/11/20/breathed/index.html   (1219 words)

PRESS RELEASE Famous Comic Strip “Bloom County” to Make a Comeback It’s the first time since creator Berkeley Breathed retired “Bloom County” in 1989, after an almost nine-year run, that the comic strip can be accessed by fans in a non-book format and delivered by daily e-mails. “Bloom County” will join more than 140 nationally syndicated comic strips and editorial cartoons on www.mycomicspage.com, a $9.95 per year subscription service for comics fans. On Dec. 8, 1980, “Bloom County” made its debut on the comics page, eventually appearing in more than 1,200 newspapers around the world and winning Breathed the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987. www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=51966   (735 words)

Note to Berke Breathed: Stop Opus Now. Please. So many things that had made Bloom County great were undone during its tenure (the only truly great moment was Steve Dallas's outing, a moment so out there yet undeniably true to the character) that I'd wished it'd never happened. So I'm asking the publisher and Berke Breathed to euthanize this addition to the Bloom County "franchise." It was practically stillborn as it is, but investing time and energy into something so devoid of the greatness its creator once had is pointless. Outland became Bloom County Redux, without the wit, charm or dementia of the original. www.thesimon.com /magazine/articles/bias/0847_note_berke_breathed_stop_opus_now_please.html   (1029 words)

The Characters of Bloom County Milo's grandfather, the Major, ran the Bloom County Boarding House where most of the characters lived. Milo was the Junior Intern at the Bloom Beacon/Picayne newspaper. Binkley is famed for his anxiety closet and for waking his father in the middle of the night. home.comcast.net /~oriecat23/characters.htm   (321 words)

eclecticism: Disney turning Bloom County 3-D And if all else fails, there is a lot of Bloom County in print that is just as funny to me now as it was when it came out (sometimes funnier, as I've grown older and more able to understand some of the humor). I think that the subject matter of Bloom County could be wonderful if it was treated right but I’m kinda cynical about it. Missouri 0 — Seattle 1: Handily showing up Missouri's ban on gay marriage, King County Superior Court Judge William Downing ruled this morning that banning gay marriage would violate the state constitution, clearing the way for gay marriage in Washington once the ruling is reviewed by the state Supreme Court. www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2004/10/disney_turning.html   (1046 words)

Bloom County, a tribute. Bloom County, the 80's strip by Berke Breathed, is one of my two all-time favorite comic strips. Breathed for not suing my bootie off...) Bloom County almost always made me laugh, and it still does. Opus, Milo, Binkley, Cutter John, and the rest of the gang are as funny today as they were back in the day. www.angelfire.com /vamp/shoopshoop/bloomcounty.html   (100 words)

Bloom County Movie - The CHUD.COM Message Boards I loved Bloom County as well, and had all the books, but let's face it, Breathed stands in the shadow of Trudeau. I hope the return of Opus strip would mean that bookstores will start ordering Bloom County collections into their stock, because you cannot buy them from Barnes and Nobles anymore. There is no way that Bloom County is/was a better strip than Doonesbury. www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?p=20092   (1037 words)

Timbu :: Musings: Opus / Bloom County I mentioned a while back that Berkeley Breathed was going to revisit Opus and theoretically parts of Bloom County in a new Sunday only comic strip. This strip for me recaptured the pure pleasure of the 80’s Bloom County. It was a funny commentary on modern life that was, for lack of a better term, naive and sweet, while still being able to keep a deft comedic edge. www.timbu.org /mtblog/archives/000320.html   (201 words)

Bloom County Shortly after Bobbi arrives to Bloom County she begins "dating" Steve Dallas, this is the first time we see Steve. It started in the early eighties and lasted until the early nineties where it changed to "Outland" which never measured up to what Bloom County was. Cutter John is in a wheel chair and sweeps Bobbi up as he rides through Bloom County, without any brakes. www.unr.nevada.edu /~dconnell/BC/bloom.html   (406 words)

'Bloom County' creator speaks to the DTC - University In December 1980, Bloom County first ran on the comic page, which then led to worldwide syndication until 1989 whence it was retired. Since the voluntary demise of Bloom County and its Sunday-only spin-off, Outland, Breathed has written and illustrated various children's books a couple of which he has produced as animation for CBS-TV and Nickelodeon Family Films. The following is a short e-mail interview conducted with the man himself from (presumably) Southern California, where he now resides with his wife Jody Boyman, daughter Sophie, and son Milo. www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2003/04/14/University/bloom.County.Creator.Speaks.To.The.Dtc-494962.shtml   (349 words)

Amazon.ca: Happy Trails: Bloom County Selections: Books Bloom County's departure from newspapers on 6 August 1989 was met with only moderate sadness, as within a very few weeks most of those same papers would begin carrying Breathed's follow-up strip, the Sunday-only Outland. This last collection of Bloom County takes us from January to August 1989- the last seven months of the strip - and includes some parting shots at Donald Trump (whose brain somehow finds its way into one Mr. The last few weeks of Bloom County show the cast moving on - Steve tries to get into action comics, Oliver's transferred to Family Circus, Portnoy and Hodge-Podge end up cleaning up after Marmaduke, and so on. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0788154370   (280 words)

Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Bloom County From its first installment, Bloom County was accused of being an imitation of Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury — a charge that is not entirely without justification. Perhaps Breathed is right about aging comic strips &; but by cancelling Bloom County when he did, he has absolutely ensured the aging of his own strip. (One of them, A Wish for Wings that Work, was made into an animated Christmas special, which is the closest Bloom County ever came to appearing on TV.) The Penguin was back in comics in 2003, as star of a Sunday-only newspaper feature titled Opus, but so far, the reception has been unenthusiastic. www.toonopedia.com /bloom.htm   (521 words)

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness at Epinions.com Opus, of course, is cartoonist Berke (short for "Berkeley") Breathed's most popular character from his "Bloom County" comic strip that ran in most major newspapers from the mid-1980s to the early '90s. If you read Bloom County in its heyday, or if you remember the wackiness of the 1980s, this book's for you. Yes, its humor is very much rooted in the political and cultural scenes of the Eighties, and yes, Breathed poked fun at the excesses of both the conservative and liberal constituencies, but "Bloom County" was definitely more lighthearted and zanier than Trudeau's politics-centered strip. www.epinions.com /content_183650848388   (799 words)

Cook county illinois - Illinois and Michigan Canal State Trail, Illinois Extension is the University of Illinois' outreach to Cook County. An Illinois 1880 Census of Cook County Residents at the Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane Cook County, Illinois Elects to Implement Optical Scan and Electronic Voting Technology from Sequoia Voting Systems. hellfire-mods.onlineinfosource.com /?q=hellfire-mods-cook-county-illinois   (252 words)

Off the Kuff: Will Bloom County ride again? Even though Bloom County was running on fumes the last year or so - I can recall at least three times when Bill-the-Cat-with-Donald-Trump's-translplanted-brain joked about selling an item of Ivana's so they could feed Africa for some period of time - I'll welcome its return with open arms. Via Mark Evanier comes this feature article about Bloom County creator Berke Breathed, who appears to be inclined to get back into doing a weekly strip. Off the Kuff: Will Bloom County ride again? www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/001985.html   (774 words)

deseretnews.com Opus No. 3: 'Bloom County's' beloved penguin is back with a new comic Throughout its tenure, "Bloom County" made fun of politics, society and life as it took on everything from feminist issues, to the Strategic Defense Initiative, cosmetic testing on animals, celebrity flubs and foibles, Hari Krishnas and anxiety closets. Breathed kicked off "Bloom County" with this philosophy: "As I see it, the world is getting more dangerous. Opus No. 3: 'Bloom County's' beloved penguin is back with a new comic deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,525039315,00.html   (797 words)

deseretnews.com Opus, 'Bloom County' gang turning 24 But it's been nearly 24 years since he and the rest of the gang from "Bloom County" burst onto newspaper pages everywhere. Berkeley Breathed: No one appreciates the fact that, in many ways, she was our national symbol of renewed pride during the Reagan years. Berkeley Breathed's strip about a transplanted penguin and his motley crew debuted in December 1980, so the cartoonist figured, what the heck, let's get a jump on the 25th anniversary. deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595106472,00.html   (1307 words)

Bloom County Bloom County was a very life-affirming comic in palatable way. I believe I saved a few dozen comic sections from my local newspaper, including the last Bloom County wherein Opus leaves. use.perl.org /comments.pl?sid=11735&cid=17995   (87 words)

Amazon.com: OPUS : 25 Years of His Sunday Best: Books: Berkeley Breathed Before long, Opus had taken over "Bloom County." Eventually, Opus had run for Vice President, played the tuba in a heavy metal band, and took on a cockroach as a pet. And beginning in the late 1980s, one of the first strips I would look for everyday (especially on Sunday) was "Bloom County." The strip was like no other. One of Americas most beloved comic geniuses is back, with this collectible 25th anniversary compendium of the best of Opus, joined by his hilarious supporting cast, including Binkley, Milo, Bill the Cat, Steve Dallas, Ronald Ann, and the rest of the residents of Bloom County and Outland. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316159948?v=glance   (1330 words)

Eldridge North Scott Press - NSP News - 12/01/2004 - Launching 'Scott County In Bloom' With Scott County In Bloom, local businesses, organizations or individuals can "opt to adopt" a flowerbed along a selected intersection or roadway, preferably one that is well traveled. It's all part of a new program called Scott County In Bloom, which Giudici is helping to launch. "This is Scott County in Bloom, not Davenport in Bloom. www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13460094&BRD=1839&PAG=461&dept_id=110408&rfi=6   (951 words)

Communications From Elsewhere » Blog Archive » Yay! Bloom County! Bloom County!"), please say it on the page specifically for that, not here. Starting Monday, they’ll be publishing the entire life of Bloom County, six daily strips one day and one color Sunday strip the next. This is the best news I’ve heard in ages: Bloom County is getting picked up by mycomicspage.com! www.elsewhere.org /journal/archives/2003/03/15/yay-bloom-county   (379 words)

Zap2it.com - Movie news - 'Bloom County' Coming to Big Screen According to Variety, " 'Bloom County' was one of my favorite comic strips, and Opus is great material for an animated feature," said Dimension co-chair Bob Weinstein. Dimension Films is developing a film based on the characters of "Bloom County" and the project is now set to be an animated feature, not a live-action fi Zap2it.com - Movie news - 'Bloom County' Coming to Big Screen movies.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/1,1259,---10107,00.html   (243 words)

In Theory, ... Frankly, I was stunned at how "Bloom County" was so eerily accurate. I have the Bloom County book with that comic. I mean, there were soooo many strips that with little to no editing could run today, and mean the exact same thing and be just as funny. www.mournival.com /2004/09/found-my-old-bloom-county-books.html   (582 words)

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