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| Original Title: | Bloom County: The Complete Library, Volume 1: 1980–1982 |
| ISBN: | 1600105319 (ISBN13: 9781600105319) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Bloom County: The Complete Library #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Archival Collection (2010) |
Berkeley Breathed
Hardcover | Pages: 284 pages Rating: 4.36 | 2493 Users | 112 Reviews
Details About Books The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982 (Bloom County: The Complete Library #1)
| Title | : | The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982 (Bloom County: The Complete Library #1) |
| Author | : | Berkeley Breathed |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 284 pages |
| Published | : | October 6th 2009 by Idea & Design Works, LLC (first published September 29th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Humor. Graphic Novels. Fiction. Comic Strips |
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Berkley Breathed's Bloom County was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of all time. Bloom County ran from December 8th, 1980 to August 6th, 1989 and was published in an astounding 1200 newspapers on a daily basis. The huge popularity of Bloom County spawned a merchandizing bonanza, as well as two spin-off strips, Outland and Opus. The Bloom County Library Volume 1 highlights the first time the entire run of the immensely popular Bloom County strip has been collected in beautifully designed hard cover books with exceptional reproduction.Book Details: Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 10/6/2009 Pages: 288
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Ratings: 4.36 From 2493 Users | 112 ReviewsWeigh Up About Books The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982 (Bloom County: The Complete Library #1)
Stumbled across this in the library. Loved it at the time & still love it! I don't remember the first year or so, I think we started reading it in '81 or '82, so it was fun to fill in the gaps. And reading them in order all at once makes me appreciate it even more, you get the full context. Looking forward to the next one(s).A beautifully produced, thorough collection of the first two years of 'Bloom County' comic strips. Probably not the best vehicle for encountering BC for the first time, but fascinating for context and background -- if you're like me and remember reading the paperback collections, or even just the Sunday strips that ran in the 1980s (my local paper never carried the dailies, so I only know those from reading collections).The start's definitely rough as Breathed himself admits in the notes, and
I love Bloom County; always have !
I love Bloom County; always have !
I faithfully read Berkeley Breathed's strip Bloom County, and the follow-up strips Outland and Opus, every day while it was running. I loved these characters and still do to this day. Breathed's commentary on the events of the day was always a little on the snarky side, but it was always done intelligently. It is clear in these early strips that Breathed is trying to find his voice. There are some characters that you can tell just don't mesh as well with the evolving feel of the strip, and
A lesser Calvin and Hobbes and a greater Doonesbury. Takes a while to hit it's stride before settling in as a pop culture filled political gag strip. Solid but not as great as I've always been led to believe. There's a lot of promise for future volumes though.
I'm a big fan of Bloom County. Growing up in the 1980s, it was a huge influence in shaping my sense of humor and personality. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that it helped turn me into who I am, even to this day in 2019. (Helped, but by no means was the only influence!)That being said, this first volume of The Complete Bloom County Library was at times hard to read. From early fall 1980 to about September 1982 it was still really finding its way. I mean, by the end of the book you have Cutter
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