![]() Rather than inhabit the Sunday comics, Bloom County will lie in Facebook’s turf - a haven that is, as Mr. (Breathed has reportedly said it was an editorial dispute with a publisher made him quit cartooning in 2008.) Television has caved in on itself under the weight of unwatched cable channels and on-demand choices, and some movies have resorted to quasi-international incidents to get attention (and yet I still haven’t seen “The Interview”).Īnd it is in this changed media landscape that Breathed has made his move. Newspapers that once caused him so much consternation have withered. As Breathed lay dormant for 25 years, the media world changed. Meanwhile, we still laugh at SNL, Jimmy Fallon and John Oliver, albeit not when the shows are actually broadcasted.īut here’s where Bloom County may have made the master’s play. Set in a Colorado backwater town with children as main characters, each episode has taken aim at whatever and whoever is dominating news cycles as Bloom County did. Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “South Park,” which - come to think of it - might have ripped a page or two from Breathed’s strips, has been going strong for decades. Breathed is not re-entering a ring full of lightweights. It’s a pretty good bet that attorney Steve Dallas is still shallow (but more than Saul Goodman?), Senator Bedfellow is still in office (will he run against Donald Trump?), and Lola Granola still has her figure (is she on a gluten-free diet?).īut success of Bloom County’s resurrected cast cannot hinge merely on the fact that comic strip characters never age. This has the potential to be something real.Īfter 25 years, Opus is still a neurotic penguin, Bill the Cat hasn’t seen a day of rehab, and Milo Bloom still looks like he could be my twin, circa 1987 - when Bloom County won the Pulitzer. This isn’t old-timers day at the ballpark allowing for players’ names to be blaring over a PA with a tip of a few caps to a reverently cheering crowd. This isn’t some nostalgic reunion tour, offering only an echo of the greatness that once was. ![]() ![]() Only a comic strip could pull off this kind of second coming, and it couldn’t have come a better time. Just weeks after we bid farewell to David Letterman, amidst our bracing for Jon Stewart’s exit, while we are still cringing after Louis CK’s last SNL monologue, and after we pretended not to notice that Marc Maron doesn’t drop f-bombs while he’s with our military’s Commander-In-Chief, Breathed announced his comic strip’s comeback on a Facebook post on Sunday. A sharp, satirical voice rose from the dead, that of Berkeley Breathed and his comic strip, “Bloom County.” The barbed world of comedy gave us a rare miracle this week. ![]()
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