Bloom County
&
Outland

  


'Bloom County' (later 'Outland') is to my far from humble opinion the funniest newspaper comic ever. It is set in a suburban environment, and centers around the inhabitants of a boarding house; their neighbours, friends, colleagues and local flora and fauna.


The cast of caracters is certainly among the most motley crews in comic history. Leading stars include Bill the Cat (occasionally dead communist presidential candidate and lead toungeplayer in the heavy metal band 'Billy & the Boingers', formerly 'Deäthtoünge), Milo (sevenyear old reporter for the 'Bloom County Picayune'), his friend Binkley (who has a whole closet full of anxieties), Binkley's father (who tries his best to a good dad, but is to busy worrying about being divorced, a bad father, balding and just past forty), Oliver (child genius and friend to Milo and Binkley), Cutter John (a disabled Vietnam veteran and trekkie), Milquetoast (a house cockroach), Portnoy (a hedgehog presumably living in a nearby hedge), Hodgepodge (a rabbit; neighbour and drinking buddy to Portnoy), Steve Dallas (a very politically incorrect lawyer, womanizer and manager of Billy & the Boingers), Rosebud (a basselope; half bassethound, half antilope), The Giant Purple Snorklewacker (custodian of Binkley's closet of anxieties)... The list goes on. The leading caracter though, if you had to name but one, is Opus (Binkley's pet penguin, tubaplayer for Billy & the Boingers and owner of the worlds largest mother complex).

  


Bloom County first appeared in a university newspaper in the early 80's, but soon spread to papers all across America. In the beginning the jokes were mainly political, but over the it grew more and more psychedellic, until the author, Berkely Breathed, closed it down, claiming it had been bought up by Donald Trump. Some of characters though found new employment in 'Outland', Breathed's new comic, running Sundays only. In Outland psychedelia rules supreme, and Bill 'n' Opus thankfully lives on.

Outland also introduced some new caracters. Among the most noteworthy is Truffles (a pig), Frank (an otter) and Mortimer Mouse (Mickey's unknown brother). Ronald Ann (an innocent little girl from the wrong side of the tracks) who had done a few small appearances in Bloom County, also became a leading caracter in Outland.

   


And then Outland too ended... A disastrous day for comic lovers everywhere. Berkely Breathed, you've better have a new project underway, or I'll... No, I'm thankfull for what we've got. From the bottom of my heart: Thank you!



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