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.
Along with “The Far Side” and “Calvin and Hobbes”, “Bloom County” was always one of my favorite comic strips. For those of you who know me, you’ll know how excited I am to have Opus back. Thanks to my friend Sly for the link and Donald Trump for the inspiration.
This is the second best possible story about a former comic creator coming out of retirement.
I wonder how much page space has decreased on the comics pages of papers he’ll be distributed to.
Excuse the potentially stupid question, but is this going to be in print or online? I haven’t heard.
Haven’t heard either.
I assume you’re thinking of BW/C&H?
While I agree, I kinda respect BW’s choice to end it at its peak. Nobody will every say “that went on way past when it was funny.”
Perhaps the best medium for his exquisite artwork and satire is print; and I don’t mean newspapers.
The only paper I read regularly is the Globe and Mail. It has no Sunday comics, and the daily comics are anaemic. Are comics still relevant in the newspapers? Are Sunday comics still printed and read?
Looks like it’s being posted to Facebook first. Interesting.