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Bloom County: FOX, Berkeley Breathed Team for Animated Series Take

That's right, Opus, Bill, and the rest of the Bloom County gang are going the animated route with a new series co-written and executive-produced by comic strip creator Berkeley Breathed Based on the popular 1980s comic strip (later revived in 2015), the series centers on a collapsed lawyer, a lobotomized cat, and a penguin in[...]

Running Through IDW's Artist's Edition Plans at Wondercon

I am typically not much of a fan of the convention panels where they just announce the new books for the next 6 to 12 months, but the IDW Artist's Edition Panel is always an exception, and with both Scott Dunbier, Director of Special Projects for IDW and the person behind the concept of Artist's[...]

Calvin and Hobbes Crosses Over with Bloom County Again

Move over, Infinity Countdown Metal Justice Wars for Wolverine! Sunday's edition of Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County featured what might be the best comics super-mega-crossover event of the year In a new strip posted on Facebook bearing the signatures of both Breathed and Bill Watterson, Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes fame, returned to comics to team up[...]

Did Donald Trump's Lawyers Threaten To Have Bloom County Creator's "**** In A Sling" Over A Facebook Meme?

Earlier today, the official Facebook page for Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County comic strip posted a letter purportedly from the legal team of President Donald Trump: The comment posted along with the photo read, "Arrived this morning Full disclosure around here –Mgmt." The photos of Trump that the letter refers to are of this sort: The story has been[...]

Congressman Lewis' March Vol 3 And Berke Breathed's Bloom County Debuts At San Diego Comic Con From IDW

IDW has a huge array of exclusives and debuts at San Diego Comic-Con this year, from the launch of Congressman Lewis' March Book 3 through their Top Shelf imprint, to the new-in-print Berke Breathed Bloom County strips to the launch of Complete Bacchus Vol 2 and combined Bacchus and Alec Omnibus… and so, so so[...]

IDW To Publish The New Bloom County Strips In September, Announced At WonderCon

IDW had previously announced that in September they'd be collecting those new Bloom County Webcomics that Berkeley Breathed has been doing for the past year. Peter S Svensson, writing from WonderCon for Bleeding Cool, tells us that IDW announced that they will be releasing a print softcover edition in September for $17.99, printing the strips for the first time[...]