Berke Breathed Livres

A twenty-fifth anniversary compendium of comics featuring the lovable, maladjusted penguin and his companions Bill the Cat, Steve Dallas, and Portnoy follows their shared adventures.

The first volume in a series that will publish the entire run of the acclaimed 1980s Bloom County comic strip includes the first appearances of many popular characters.

Collecting year three of the Bloom County relaunch begun in 2015! The stakes are higher, the punchlines are sharper, and the laughter is more desperate! Bloom County: Best Read On The Throne picks up right where the previous volume left off. When that book, Brand Spanking New Day, came out we said we needed Opus, Bill the Cat, and all their friends more than ever before. Well, what was true then is even more true now! The residents of Bloom County are back to put their trademark tragi-comic spin on the horrors of the last year, so lock all your worries in the anxiety closet for a bit. Who knows? When you come back they may be just the tiniest bit funnier.

It’s Berkeley Breathed’s final spin around the dance floor with his most quirky and endearing character—Opus. The Pleasant penguin has long been the moral center of the Berkley-verse, and nowhere is that as abundantly clear as in his own self-named book. Aside from our waddling friend, this book contains numerous characters readers will fondly remember from the days of Bloom County. This volume collects the entire run of Berkeley Breathed’s Opus, from first to last, and features an introduction and running commentary from Breathed.

Berkeley Breathed, the mad genius who boggled and bewildered us with "Bloom County", is back! Soon after retiring "Bloom County" - and at the peak of its popularity - Breathed returned with an all-new Sunday-only newspaper "Outland". Debuting just four weeks after the final "Bloom County" was published, and with many of the same cast members, "Outland" continues on in the same traditions set forth by its forebears - ranging from delightful whimsy to raging satire! This volume contains every "Outland" strip published, some never-before-collected in book form, and nearly all have been scanned from the original art, provided by Breathed from his personal archives. It includes more than 280 Sunday pages, all in fully remastered color, from September 3, 1989 through March 26, 1995.

An anthology of cartoons from the syndicated comic strip, "Bloom County" encompasses highlights from the five-year span of the strip

Enter the bizarre, profound, hilarious and peculiar world of Opus the Penguin. These newspaper comics were stand-alone funny in their time and, almost always, topical and thought provoking. The world of these lovable characters carried the flavor of the times in which they were penned and offered commentary on many of the political happenings - greed, political faux pas, scandals, sloth, feminism, racism and the pitfalls of love and having a tender heart were all fair game for this artist.

Continuing the journey of Berkeley Breathed's iconic comic strips, this volume collects the beloved Bloom County series from 1984 to 1986. It features a mix of humor and social commentary, showcasing the quirky characters and whimsical storylines that have captivated readers. The collection highlights the creativity and wit that earned Breathed a Pulitzer Prize, making it a must-have for fans of the series and newcomers alike.

In 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed began producing ALL-NEW Bloom County strips. He released the new Bloom County strips exclusively through his Facebook page. This title presents these cartoons that features characters: Opus, Milo, Bill the Cat, Steve Dallas, Cutter John, and more.

The blowhard-skewering saga continues, with all-new, never-before-printed strips featuring everyone's favorite penguin and all the other quirky denizens of the magical land called Bloom County--