Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982 (Hardcover) by Berkeley Breathed

from Kellswitch

As awesome and subversive as I remember them being and it was so much fun reading new ones I had never read before, and characters that never made it past the first year or so. I do so wish Limekiller had survived the cut and stayed a regular. I enjoyed most of the side comments, though for the m...

from tapestry100

I faithfully read Berkeley Breathed's strip Bloom County, and the follow-up strips Outland and Opus, every day while it was running. I loved these characters and still do to this day. Breathed's commentary on the events of the day was always a little on the snarky side, but it was always done int...

from Kellswitch

As awesome and subversive as I remember them being and it was so much fun reading new ones I had never read before, and characters that never made it past the first year or so. I do so wish Limekiller had survived the cut and stayed a regular. I enjoyed most of the side comments, though for the m...

from lithicbee

All the Bloom County strips from 1980 to near the end of 1982, plus some bonus strips from the pre-Bloom County Academia Waltz? Yes please. While the comic itself doesn't start to hit its stride until the second half of this collection (as Breathed himself says, it is with the arrival of Opus tha...

from Kellswitch

As awesome and subversive as I remember them being and it was so much fun reading new ones I had never read before, and characters that never made it past the first year or so. I do so wish Limekiller had survived the cut and stayed a regular. I enjoyed most of the side comments, though for the m...