"Bloom County" to return

[Turtletrekker]

Breathed just posted this...

Bloomers: I had two editors call with congratulations today: my first, Al Leeds, formerly from the Washington Post. He was the chap who found me working at a college bookstore in Austin, Texas in 1980. The other, Scott Dunbier of IDW, who stubbornly refused my rude resistance a few years ago to collecting all of my life's artistic output --all of it-- and putting them into books for dubious posterity. It had escaped me that, 35 years ago today, the first Bloom County appeared in a dozen newspapers. At the time, the strip's creator insisted he would be going back to work at the bookstore by the end of 1981. He did not. He went on to learn to print neatly, among other things. Enjoy, like me, with a wistful sigh. --bb

Happy anniversary!

 

[cooleddie74]

Happy Birthday, Bloom County!

I think I speak for all fans when I say: ACK!!!!

 

[Turtletrekker]

Huh. Bloom County debuted on the same day John Lennon was shot...

 

[RJDiogenes]

Ah, the return of "offensensitivity." One of my favorite words, and my favorite thread bomb.

Happy Birthday, Bloom County.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

The waistline continues to expand.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Binkley's dad is a scaredy cat... with a light saber.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

"Psst. Bad kitty."

 

[auntiehill]

I think Bill the Cat has finally had an appropriate response to something.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

DORK WARS

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Fantastic poster. Pity Binkley and Milo aren't featured.

 

[cooleddie74]

"There has been an ACK!!!!

Have you felt it?"

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Adulthood takes a nap.

Speaking of SW, I'm a bit cheesed off that #PorkinsLifeMatters isn't trending...

 

[cooleddie74]

Give it time, or just keep reposting it until somebody else does share it.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Fantastic poster. Pity Binkley and Milo aren't featured.

True, but what a nice shout out to newbies Abby and the kid in the hospital bed.

The comment section again helped me out with the details on the poster.

I never realized that Opus's crown was actually a pair of Star Wars underwear.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Ah, the hospital kid, of course-- for a minute, I thought it was Ronald Ann.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Today was NOT a 25 year old retread!!!

The FASTEST rejected movie poster in the history of licensed comic book history (read BB's explanation in the comment section.

"A sweet gentle thought..."

 

[RJDiogenes]

Clearly it was rejected because it would make everyone else look bad.

 

[Turtletrekker]

"It's as if a million Disney executives cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced."

 

[JanewayRulz!]

The scourge of suburbia.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

DUH, Milo!