Berkeley Breathed Returning To “Bloom County” For First Time In 25 Years
Source: Comic Book Resources
After 25 years, Berkeley Breathed is returning to his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip, "Bloom County." Breathed announced the new incarnation of the politically-minded strip via a post on Facebook that featured him working on a new comic with the words "Bloom County 2015" at the top.
"Bloom County" originally ran from December 1980 until 1989, just two years after he won the Pulitzer. The characters, such as Bill the Cat, Opus the Penguin, Hodge-Podge the Rabbit, Milo Bloom, and Cutter John, lived on in the Sunday-only strip "Outland" from 1989 to 1995, as well as "Opus" from 2003 to 2008. When "Opus'" run ended, Breathed said he was stepping away from strips entirely and began focusing on writing children's books. At the time, he said the political climate in the country had grown too bitter for him to continue taking a light tone on things, and he wanted to get out before things got too tough.
However, with the 2016 presidential campaign season heating up, it seems that Breathed has found something funny to talk about again:
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https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/photos/a.114529165244512.10815.108793262484769/1003525033011583
Read more: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/berkeley-breathed-returning-to-bloom-county-for-first-time-in-25-years
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flying rabbit
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(3,813 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)brooklynite
(94,789 posts)...so the DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN (University of Pennsylvania) had exclusive publication rights in Philadelphia.
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)-app
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)locks
(2,012 posts)now if we can just get the Denver Post to carry Bloom County and put Doonesbury back in we'll know we can win in 2016.
DemoTex
(25,405 posts)Very good, with this news!
Gman
(24,780 posts)No drawing then inking?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)He's sketching, then he will 'ink' with the Wacom tablet.
Same process, different tools.