Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope

by Berkeley Breathed

Overview

OPUS AWAKENS!

In 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed began (without warning!) producing ALL-NEW Bloom County strips—for the first time in more than 25 years! Breathed released the new Bloom County strips exclusively through his Facebook page, to the cheers of devoted and delighted fans everywhere. These brand new strips have NEVER before been available in print—until now! All the wit, charm and biting satire that are trademarks of Bloom County and Berkeley Breathed are clearly on display and evident in this handsome new volume. Featuring all your favorite characters: Opus, Milo, Bill the Cat, Steve Dallas, Cutter John, and many more. Bloom County has come home… and it’s about time!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631406997
Publisher:	IDW Publishing
Publication date:	09/27/2016
Series:	Bloom County
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	190,268
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Berkeley Breathed lives and works in Santa Barbara, California and is the proud owner of a gentle pit bull named Ridley, a deaf dachshund named Milly, and a refugee mutt from the Puerto Rican streets named Pilar—splendidly flawed dogs, every one.

Editorial Reviews

★ 08/15/2016
Reviving his cult-classic comic strip—which ended its original run in 1989—in 2015 was a smart move for Breathed. He posts the strips on Facebook to a large audience without the stress of a daily schedule or the shrinking size of newspaper comics. It’s a fond and familiar return as well as a new start: Opus confronts Google and Twitter; Binkley’s anxiety closet now contains global warming, George Lucas, and man buns. Aside from the modern trappings, it’s a familiar Bloom County, where wit and silliness abound. Breathed’s art is more fluid and detailed than his newspaper days, and his pitch-perfect comic timing confirms this strip’s masterpiece status. It’s beautiful, too, taking advantage of a richer palette of colors than what can be reproduced in newspapers. His characters continue to be relatable and human (including that plump, balding penguin). Even Steve Dallas grows a heart. Bloom County is both an escape from and a mirror to our complicated modern world. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"Bloom County is both an escape from and a mirror to our complicated modern world." —Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"Cracking open Episode XI took me back a couple of decades, where I could lay on my bed and laugh at the naivety of Opus, the chauvinism of Steve Dallas, and the unblinking devotion to science of Oliver Wendell Jones. And that’s worth every cent." —Ars Technica

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