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Subject: Bloom County
I owe Berekly Breathed so much. First of all I shoplifted a copy of every Bloom County book. Hey I was an angry young teen and shoplifting was my (stupid) way of lashing out.
Bloom County was the greatest comic strip ever, it was over the top 80's.
I can remember sitting in my apartment reading my Bloom County books when life was so bad and I just wanted to die. Opus and the gang made life worth living when my girlfriend and everything else was making my life a living hell. It seems so weird that a comic strip could mean so much to someone.
So to Mr. Breathe, wherever you are. Thank you for all the laughs, smiles, and chuckles.
DEATHTONGUE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: Bloom County
I loved bloom county also!! aka outland. I still have a few of the books. I used to love Opus' greeting cards as well..... ;D
Subject: Re: Bloom County
I Loved Bloom county! Steve Dallas was my hero! LOL especially with le blob at his side hehe! I really liked the early years but after the bassalope was introduced it quickly went downhill from there =( I have a feeling we will see his quotes and comics years from now when they review our era more than Doonsbury.
The Farside by Gary Larson was my third fav. (sorry I will always love Peanuts as #1 Charles M. Schulzs was a genius!-We Miss you Charlie! :'() Some of Larson's stuff was hilarious and I still love teh boneless chicken ranch as my favorite!
Subject: Re: Bloom County
The Basselope was OK. I loved it when he was the stealth bomber and 'enjoyed a Milk Dud' in the free world.
I think the low point of the strip was when Steve Dallas was captured by aliens and returned as a mushy PC dude.
In the earlier cartoons I liked it when he was trying to date that brunette teacher.
I think we all have an 'Anxiety Closet' when you think about it.
Subject: Re: Bloom County
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The Basselope was OK. I loved it when he was the stealth bomber and 'enjoyed a Milk Dud' in the free world.
I think the low point of the strip was when Steve Dallas was captured by aliens and returned as a mushy PC dude.
In the earlier cartoons I liked it when he was trying to date that brunette teacher.
I think we all have an 'Anxiety Closet' when you think about it.
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Yes some of my fondest memories of the strip is the first book when Milo , Opus and Binkley worked for the newspaper. Milo would do random calls for obituary section of the newspaper saying Mrs soandso are you dead? I wish he would do a comeback, but not in the form of outland, I disliked that whole comicstrip.
Do you still have the Deathtounge vinyl record that came with the third book? I liked "You stink but I love you" I loved the other song, "Billy and the Boingers". I wonder what happened to those garage bands that performed those songs....
Subject: Re: Bloom County
Here in Australia we never got much Breathed. But in the past couple of years, some of the Bloom County and Outland collections have appeared in a local comic store and I picked a few up.
Still have the Deathtongue record in the book, undetached.
Opus unfortunately got a bit narky in his later years - much like a teenager in real life :D
Binkley is my favourite - the sensitive guy trying to make his way in a cruel world.
Subject: Re: Bloom County
You make me sick!
Way-o way-o way-o
I have the record. I detached it, put it onto tape, then put it in my scrapbook.
I didm't really care for Outland either. What was the point? Opus and a black girl dealing with issues no one cared about?
Maybe the great Bloom County belongs in the 80's without a comeback. Some things are best left alone.
By the way, was Debbie ever Hairy????
Subject: Re: Bloom County
Bloom County was the best, I bought a few of the books but sadly passed them out to others. He was sharp, rember the music festival? It was like the "Us" tour but I think it was called "We". Great biting satire. BC was my 1st favorite of all times, followed by Calvin and Hobbes, then Far Side. All are great and I regret there is nothing even close to those strips currently.
Subject: Re: Bloom County
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All are great and I regret there is nothing even close to those strips currently.
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You're not kidding. :P As soon as Calvin & Hobbes ended, I stopped reading the funnies on a regular basis. I've been rereading the Bloom County treasury's lately and i've come to realize just how much he satirized a lot of the political scandals and headlines of that era.
I really liked how he made it as if the characters were at a job being their characters. Remember when they went on strike? Nothing but blank panels for a couple of days. ;D Or the time when he would do a loosely veiled parody on how newspapers were shrinking comic strips and tied a Star Trek theme into it. ;)
Lola Granola, Billy and the Boingers (aka: Death Tongue).. Steve Dallas was my favourite character. :D