Tag Archives: Bloom County

New Bloom County Book

By tone | Published: September 19, 2009

Berkley Breathed’s Bloom County reigned supreme in the 80’s as a new renaissance of comic strips hit the field with Bloom County,Gary Larson’s The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes. Bloom County pleased more the college crowd as did the Doonsbury readers from which both were courted by the same readership. Bloom County is more [...]

Posted in animation, art, books, cartoons, comics, kids | Also tagged Berkley Breathed, Bill the cat, calvin and hobbes, Doonsbury, far-side, Opus | Comments closed

Opus Comic Strip to End

By tone | Published: October 7, 2008

As of November 2nd, Opus will finally end. This Sunday only strip has been an disappointment as many other incarnations of Bloom County. Calvin and Hobbes is a perfect example of knowing when to hang it up. Berkeley Breathed just didn’t know when to go gently into that night [...]

Posted in comics, newsarama | Also tagged Berkeley, Breathed, Calvin, Comic, didn, disappointment, example, Hobbes, legacy, night, November, Opus, Read, retirement, Snoopy, stratosphere, Strip, Sunday, time | Comments closed

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