Bloom County

...Hemingway. Books and movies don't always have to be serious or artsy." donpersons said, "fallengoddess and kadams, I'm reminded of an old Bloom County strip, with Opus the penguin sitting in his chair in front of tube saying, 'The quality of...

In this article: Stephanie Meyer, Opus the Penguin, Twilight series, New Moon, Ernest Hemingway, and Ayn Rand

...Comic Books, Review I can't really overemphasize the role Berke Breathed's Pulitzer-winning '80s comic strip Bloom County played in my life. Its prepubescent hero, Milo Bloom, was a budding journalist of dubious ethics. He had a best friend...

In this article: Bill the Cat, Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury, Opus, God, The Academia Waltz, Cutter John, Binkley, and University of Texas, Austin

"I was a recurring character in Danger Girl," says Dunbier, "and this was published in issue #1, page 1." At right: The "Bloom County" Vol. 1 cover.) The AICN Q&A: 'Bloom County Library' editor Scott Dunbier I met Scott Dunbier in...

In this article: Scott Dunbier, Berkeley Breathed, IDW Publishing, Darwyn Cooke, E mail, and Opus

...basis until he found the right mix of yuppies, freaks, idealists, and talking animals. The early Bloom County is a wild ride, and not just because it features far more smoking, drinking, and sexual innuendo than the comics page would allow...

In this article: George Perez, Todd McFarlane, Genesis, Max Brooks, Nancy, Robert Kirkman, Garry Trudeau, and John Stanley

...dog After seeing picture, Breathed says he wanted to do story about dog horrors, rescue Breathed best known for comic strips "Bloom County" and "Opus" Among his fans: Harper Lee, who he says asked him not to end the Opus character By...

In this article: Dog, Harper Lee, Opus, Berkeley Breathed, Opus, Michael Vick, and Charles Schulz

...to my childhood, specifically the part I spent rifling through my father's comic collection. If you're familiar with old, classic Bloom County, then you may recall Billy and the Boingers (nee Deathtongue), a heavy metal band made up of Bill...

In this article: Boing Boing, Billy and the Boingers, Opus the Penguin, Bill the Cat, The Edge, and Mucky Pup

By RENe A. GUZMAN San Antonio Express-News Bloom County's main character Opus reads a newspaper with a photo of creator Berkeley Breathed, who contributed an introduction to the collection and cover art for each of its books. When did...

In this article: Scott Dunbier, Berkeley Breathed, The Academia Waltz, Opus the Penguin, IDW Publishing, Opus, Michael Binkley, and Bill the Cat

TODAY: Berkeley Breathed is appearing at the Long Beach Comic Con. Berkeley Breathed, the creator of the comic strips "Bloom County," "Outland" and "Opus," lives on a high hilltop in Santa Barbara - yes, the money from all those Bill the...

In this article: Berkeley Breathed, Opus, Bill Watterson, Doonesbury, Outland, Hollywood, Nautilus, Calvin and Hobbes, and Opus the Penguin

...Post Writers Group strip Opus . The Pulitzer-winning Breathed first burst onto the national scene during the Reagan years with Bloom County . That strip's little penguin lived on in Breathed's Sunday-only strip Outland in the 1990s and...

In this article: Berkeley Breathed, Katrina Bowden, Opus, The Miami Herald, Heidi Klum, Project Runway, and Little Penguin

...years for revenge. But in the new book, "Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster," by celebrated cartoonist Berkeley Breathed ("Bloom County"), making things right never went so wrong. Faced with a dirty plywood enclosure, the smell of...

In this article: Dog, Berkeley Breathed, Sawdust, and Dachshund