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Berkeley Breathed coming back to Bloom County!!

Jul 13, 2015#1

Dave

Yes, I know this is more "Media" as it's web comics, but I think it's big enough news that it deserves to be in General.

BERKELEY FREAKING BREATHED IS STARTING BLOOM COUNTY BACK UP!!

This is like OMFG level of cool! For those of us who cut our comic teeth on this & Doonesbury, this is phenomenal news. The intelligence and humor of this strip can not be overstated. I fucking love this and everything about it.

Jul 13, 2015#2

DarkAudit

May be the only good thing to come out of the Trump presidential campaign.

Jul 13, 2015#3

Dave

Jul 13, 2015#4

fade

Huh. TIL Berkeley Breathed is a dude. I always assumed he was a woman with that name.

Jul 13, 2015#5

Dave

This, by the way, is from his Facebook page. If/when he does it on a site, I won't just post the picture like that. I want him to get traffic so he keeps doing it!

Jul 13, 2015#6

sixpackshaker

I am shocked by how young he is. Relatively speaking, for somebody that has not had a really steady gig in 25 years. I know he did Outland and Opus, but those were flashes in the pan.

Jul 13, 2015#7

PatrThom

fade said:
Huh. TIL Berkeley Breathed is a dude. I always assumed he was a woman with that name.

And it's pronounced "Breathe-Ed."

--Patrick

Jul 13, 2015#8

Dave

He also did the artwork for the movie "Secondhand Lions".

Jul 13, 2015#9

Thread Necromancer

posting to watch thread for updates.

I started reading Bloom County before I could even understand the subtleties of the comic. I loved it as a kid, and now when I go back and re-read the collections I love them even more.

Jul 13, 2015#10

Bowielee

I'm excited beyond words. I LOOOOOOVED Outland and Bloom County. I have very few comic strip collections and all of them are Outland, Bloom County or Calvin and Hobbes.

Jul 13, 2015#11

sixpackshaker

Man, I have this snipped somewhere in one of my collections.

Jul 13, 2015#12

Celt Z

I'm so excited for this! Bloom County (and all it's iterations) have been near and dear to my heart since I learned to read. Even if I didn't always understand the political comments, I could get a big laugh out of it. I'll probably be thumbing through my collection tonight, and take my plush Opus and Bill down from the shelf. They live again!

Jul 13, 2015#13

HCGLNS

Bill & Opus 2016!

Jul 13, 2015#14

Frank

Man, he is such a good cartoonist. His stuff obliterates everything in the papers going.

Jul 14, 2015#15

drawn_inward

I really wish he would get back to drawing Garfield like he used to:

Jul 14, 2015#16

fade

I bet Jim Davis thinks that every night. As he falls asleep on his mattress stuffed with dollar bills.

Jul 14, 2015#17

drawn_inward

fade said:
I bet Jim Davis thinks that every night. As he falls asleep on his mattress stuffed with 100 dollar bills.

FTFY

Jul 15, 2015#18

DarkAudit

Bill Watterson's response to Berkely's penchant for powerboating...

Jul 16, 2015#19

Dave

Jul 16, 2015#20

jwhouk

Okay, random show of hands: how many people Googled "SUDS" and "NUNS" after that?

Jul 16, 2015#21

fade

Well I did, so I can only show you one hand right now.

Jul 16, 2015#22

Bubble181

...I'm at work. I'm guessing I'm better off not googling that right now.

Jul 16, 2015#23

Gryfter

WOOHOOO!!!!!! :aaah:

Can't wait to read more!

Jul 16, 2015#24

jwhouk

Bubble181 said:
...I'm at work. I'm guessing I'm better off not googling that right now.

No, if you Googled it right now, Breathed's Facebook Photo Album would likely be the first hit.

Jul 16, 2015#25

CynicismKills

So it looks like he's posting new strips to his FB page daily.

It's a great thing to pop up on the feed first thing in the morning, so glad he's back.

Jul 16, 2015#26

Celt Z

jwhouk said:
No, if you Googled it right now, Breathed's Facebook Photo Album would likely be the first hit.

Actually, I got

Jul 16, 2015#27

fade

Celt Z said:
Actually, I got

Yep, that's the one I was using earlier. Grrrrrrrowl.

Jul 18, 2015#28

CynicismKills

Opus has a Twitter.

Jul 18, 2015#29

DarkAudit

Oh you poor, poor dear...

Jul 18, 2015#30

Officer_Charon

jwhouk said:
Okay, random show of hands: how many people Googled "SUDS" and "NUNS" after that?

Someone on his Facebook page said "Well, that's perhaps the best way I can think of to determine reach," and showed a graph with a HUMONGOUS spike for that day... the (wossname) graph, same one that Know Your Meme uses...

Jul 18, 2015#31

Dave

We missed one.

Jul 18, 2015#32

Bones

I like that one because if you woke him up at the end of every decade since the internet became a actual consumer service it would look different. Shit 1998 amazon looks down right paleolithic compared to 2015 amazon.

Jul 18, 2015#33

CynicismKills

Dave said:
We missed one.

This one's been my favorite so far, it reminds me of the way he'd always deliver those little punchline jabs in the old strips.

Jul 18, 2015#34

jwhouk

Berkley's gonna have to watch it, or he's gonna have a biatch of a time trying to top the first week back.

Jul 20, 2015#35

redthirtyone

What a hack! Here it is, 8:30am ET on a Monday morning, & he hasn't posted today's strip.

Jul 21, 2015#36

Dave

Jul 21, 2015#37

PatrThom

The nostalgia is strong with this one.

--Patrick

Jul 21, 2015#38

fade

Bill crossdresses as much as Bugs Bunny.

Jul 21, 2015#39

Dave

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Jul 22, 2015#40

Dave

Jul 22, 2015#41

DarkAudit

Must. Close. Tab. Laughing. Too. Hard. Passing. Out...

Jul 23, 2015#42

Dave

Jul 23, 2015#43

Covar

At least that one didn't require a third panel eposition bomb to setup the joke.

So according to this thread I was 3 when this guy stopped, and having no nostalgic connection let me just say I don't get the appeal.

Jul 23, 2015#44

CynicismKills

Covar said:
At least that one didn't require a third panel eposition bomb to setup the joke.

So according to this thread I was 3 when this guy stopped, and having no nostalgic connection let me just say I don't get the appeal.

Two sentences is an exposition bomb?

Jul 24, 2015#45

Officer_Charon

Berkeley Breathed had a habit of explaining political problems in a manner that made sense to me during my formative years. My dad had all of his collections, and I would read and re-read them because I thought the characters were funny. Later, I realized that I had a more solid grasp on issues that were outside of my ken from that time than I thought.

Intelligent writing + good characters + satire = winning combination.

I wonder just how Oliver Wendell Jones has done with the massive Internet Age boom. Probably having to deal with arrogant little script-kiddies...

Jul 24, 2015#46

CynicismKills

Officer_Charon said:
Berkeley Breathed had a habit of explaining political problems in a manner that made sense to me during my formative years. My dad had all of his collections, and I would read and re-read them because I thought the characters were funny. Later, I realized that I had a more solid grasp on issues that were outside of my ken from that time than I thought.

Intelligent writing + good characters + satire = winning combination.

I wonder just how Oliver Wendell Jones has done with the massive Internet Age boom. Probably having to deal with arrogant little script-kiddies...

I'm more impressed Oliver decided to reverse his computer-face surgery.

Jul 24, 2015#47

Celt Z

CynicismKills said:
I'm more impressed Oliver decided to reverse his computer-face surgery.

Silicon implants will do that to you.

Jul 28, 2015#48

Dave

I'm off a few days. His posting schedule is erratic.

Jul 28, 2015#49

CynicismKills

So I guess he's not gay anymore.

Jul 28, 2015#50

Dave

~~He's Steve Dallas. He can get with anyone.~~

Ha! He was cured of his homosexuality by "Rev. Doogle De-Poofta". So he isn't gay no more! Because God!

Jul 28, 2015#51

PatrThom