And just in time for the 2016 election season! I am a long time fan of Berkely Breathed's work and couldn't possibly be more excited. Here is a link to his Facebook announcement. And it appears to be a daily, which is awesome. Breathed's last two strips, "Outland" and "Opus' were both Sunday only. And if it's really going to be "Bloom County", I want to see all of the old gang, and not just Opus, Bill and Steve. I want Milo and Binkley and Cutter John and Portnoy and Hodgepodge and all the rest. When one poster commented on Breathed's Facebook page... Breathed replied... Fans of the strip may recall that Breathed once had Donald Trump's brain transplanted into the body of Bill the Cat. And, as weird as it may sound, I wonder how much this is due to Harper Lee. Breathed is one of the few people that Lee still corresponds with and she once asked him if we would ever see Opus again. He replied to her that he would bring back Opus when she brought back Scout. Lee's sequel to "To Kill A Mockingbird" comes out next week. No word on when "Bloom County" will once again grace our newspapers (or our laptops), but the pic in the announcement clearly says "Bloom County 2015", so sometime in the next few months. A favorite strip... Spoiler: coded for size 11111 111111
"Opus" and "Outland" were both Sunday only, I believe to their detriment. Bloom County's strength (IMHO) was always in the ongoing daily stories.
I actually preferred the early less politically oriented stuff the best. Hopefully this will be a return to that and less Opus centric strips.
Exactly. So many people are happy to have Opus back, and while that's great, he's been around the whole time. We haven't seen Milo since 1989 (aside from his background cameo in Outland)!
I had always ranked BLOOM COUNTY the fifth greatest humor comic strip of all time, behind (1) Schulz's PEANUTS, (2) Trudeau's DOONESBURY, (3) Capp's LIL' ABNER and (4) Watterson's CALVIN AND HOBBES. It's return is much welcome, but can it possibly be the same strip after a 25 year hiatus? Never cared much for OUTLAND or OPUS.
Whoa, what? Bloom County is back? Apocalypse averted! Also a favorite of mine, and my favorite thread bomb. It's sad to think that things have only gotten exponentially worse over the past 30 years. I don't mind some political stuff, but Bloom County should not be Doonesbury. I want to see all the old characters and some shenanigans! I wonder if we'll get to see everybody hired back from the strips where they got jobs after Bloom County closed.
AAAACK!!! This is awesome news! The first new strip in 25 years premiered online yesterday and it was almost as if Breathed had never taken a quarter-century hiatus. Bloom County is just as funny now as it was when I was in high school and loyally reading it almost every single day.
If Gary Larson ever revives The Far Side I'll be the happiest I've been about reading comic strips in eons. Both strips being drawn again would be the best gift to the industry in years.
^^ I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday. If we could have back Bloom County, Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes, I would be a happy camper. On TV, we're getting the returns of Twin Peaks, Heroes, and Evil Dead. Real returns-- not remakes, reboots, or re-imaginings. Maybe this will be the start of a real trend. Maybe they'll even bring back Star Trek. On a side note, I looked up Far Side and Gary Larson on Wiki to see if there was any hint that there might be a comeback in the works and it turns out he's 65 years old. That hurt.
What also makes happy is reading major news outlets like New York Times and NPR mentioning Bloom County alongside Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side as the three cartoons that revolutionized the newspaper cartoon landscape. How strange to be in this position once again.
Can't wait to hear his explanation for why none of the other characters have aged since Opus has been asleep.