| Bloom County | |
|---|---|
 The cover of the first Bloom County collection | |
| Author(s) | Berkeley Breathed |
| Website | GoComics.com/BloomCounty (reruns) |
| Current status/schedule | Running, no set schedule |
| Launch date | December 8, 1980 |
| End date | August 6, 1989, resumed on July 13, 2015 |
| Alternate name(s) | Bloom County 2015 (2015) |
| Syndicate(s) | Washington Post Writers Group (1980–1989) |
| Genre(s) | Humor, Politics, Satire |
| Preceded by | The Academia Waltz |
| Followed by | Outland |
Bloom County is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, where children often have adult personalities and vocabularies and where animals can talk.
On July 12, 2015, Breathed started drawing Bloom County again. The first revived strip was published via Facebook on July 13, 2015.[1]
Breathed won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1987, making him only the second (and so far last) comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer; the other was Garry Trudeau, whose work has influenced Breathed.[2]
- ^ Mazza, Ed. (July 13, 2015) "'Bloom County' Comic Strip Is Coming Back". The Huffington Post.
- ^ Solomon, Charles. "Strip That Split the Cartoonists". www.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
"I've never been a comics fan," Breathed explains. " 'Doonesbury' was the first strip I ever paid attention to and followed regularly--which may explain the obvious roots of 'Bloom County.' " During the seven years he's been drawing the strip, Breathed has gradually found his own voice, although Trudeau's influence can still be seen in the way he structures and paces many of his gags.