"Starting today, check out USA TODAY and help celebrate "Bloom County Week!" IDW Publishing and USA TODAY commemorate one of America's most iconic comic strips with this week-long promotion, featuring five strips with exclusive commentary from Berkeley Breathed himself. "Bloom County Week" will appear online at comics.usatoday.com, coinciding with the release of The Bloom County Library, Volume One, available in stores on October 6th.
Bloom County is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of modern times. Created by Breathed, the strip premiered on December 8th, 1980 and featured the beloved and quirky denizens of Bloom County including Opus, Steve Dallas, Bill the Cat, Milo Bloom, Michael Binkley, and Cutter John. The strip, at its height, was published in over 1,200 newspapers.
Appearing in USA TODAY for the first time ever, "Bloom County Week" will feature five strips hand picked by Breathed, who also offers thoughts on the inspiration for each one, exclusively for this promotion.
"Looking at the strips after 29 years, I was shocked," said Breathed. "I couldn't have gotten away with much of it today. I'll owe so many insincere apologies to so many notable people after these reemerge."
The Bloom County Library Volume One showcases all of the first two years of this award-winning strip and kicks off a collection that will offer the first complete chronological Bloom County reprint. To enhance the experience, The Bloom County Library contains a series of "Context Pages" sprinkled throughout the volumes, providing perspective for the reader and presenting a variety of real-life events and personalities that were contemporary at the time of original publication. Breathed has also added his own commentary at points throughout the book."
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― YOUR MOMS SPOT HERON WITH NO HANDS I'M SMACKIN HER (Beatrix Kiddo), Friday, 16 October 2009 16:24 (fifteen years ago)
God, I've plagiarized so many gags and one-liners from BC. Good show.
― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 October 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago)
aw dang it. my bad.
me too, alfred. of course, none of my friends growing up was into the strip, so my fandom was lonely.
― YOUR MOMS SPOT HERON WITH NO HANDS I'M SMACKIN HER (Beatrix Kiddo), Friday, 16 October 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago)
God, I've plagiarized so many gags and one-liners from BC.
So have I. It nearly made me start a career as a cartoonist, which I'm glad I decided against because I'd probably be living in a cardboard box now.
― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 16 October 2009 18:22 (fifteen years ago)
Reading the article Ned linked to on the other thread, I'm tickled that Breathed has managed to remain such a sarcastic sourpuss for so long.
― YOUR MOMS SPOT HERON WITH NO HANDS I'M SMACKIN HER (Beatrix Kiddo), Friday, 16 October 2009 18:30 (fifteen years ago)
seven years pass...