Slog Jul 16, 2015 3:12 PM

I’m Trying to Stay Excited About the Return of Bloom County…

by Sean Nelson

Comments

1
Read the complete collection of Opus, the 3rd incarnation that ran from 2003 to 2008 as a Sunday only strip. It regained a lot of the charm that seemed to be missing from Outland so I have high hopes for the resurrected strip.
unknown_entity on July 16, 2015 at 3:19 PM · Report this
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I absolutely LOVED Bloom County back in the day. I was giddy when I heard it was coming back. I'm more than willing to give it some time to regain its footing.
Reverse Polarity on July 16, 2015 at 4:36 PM · Report this
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Hey. I liked Outland.

I read it before Bloom County though, so maybe it's about expectations.
Anne18 on July 16, 2015 at 4:42 PM · Report this
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I feel the same way about the new Bloom County as I do about the new Jurassic Park. Yay? I guess?
Chris B on July 16, 2015 at 4:45 PM · Report this
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Sean. JMFC, dude. Breathed's a genius. Just be grateful.
Call me Scott on July 16, 2015 at 5:08 PM · Report this
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Hey, have you heard about the new corduroy pillow cases?
seatackled on July 16, 2015 at 5:11 PM · Report this
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I lived in the real life model for the Bloom County House in Iowa City back in the mid-80's.
Catalina Vel-DuRay on July 16, 2015 at 7:55 PM · Report this
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@7:

Cool story, Berke was in Texas, though.
Yo. on July 17, 2015 at 12:22 AM · Report this
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@8 from Wikipedia:
The setting of Bloom County resembled Iowa City, Iowa, in several ways; Breathed lived there during the early years of the strip. The Bloom Boarding House, for example, which appeared as a high contrast photo within the strip, is modeled after the file:///Iowa_city_linsay_house.jpg">File:Iowa_city_linsay_house.jpg">Linsay House located at 935 East College Street in Iowa City.
Fred Casely on July 17, 2015 at 4:08 AM · Report this
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FWIW, formatting was perfectly fine in Preview.
Fred Casely on July 17, 2015 at 4:11 AM · Report this
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Yo, dear, "check it out", as the youth say.......

http://thegazette.com/subject/news/time-…
Catalina Vel-DuRay on July 17, 2015 at 5:32 AM · Report this
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I liked Outland. I think that was where he really started to go at a certain local billionaire.
TLjr on July 17, 2015 at 6:07 AM · Report this
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I expected naysayers. Just not from the Strange-r.
Tronald Dump on July 17, 2015 at 8:08 AM · Report this
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Read Friday's strip for a rebuttal. LOL. Seriously, today is a lot like the 80s in many of the worst ways.
Raugiel on July 17, 2015 at 8:26 AM · Report this
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@9, 10: Wikipedia image URLs usually contain colons, which choke Slog's HTML parser. You can use a bit.ly link as workaround:

http://bit.ly/1LqJRf0
rob! on July 17, 2015 at 8:59 AM · Report this
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I'm going to spend the weekend searching for my old Billy and the Boingers EP :D
JonnoN on July 17, 2015 at 9:30 AM · Report this
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Never impressed by it, I hope those of you who liked it will like the revived series.
Gerald Fnord on July 17, 2015 at 10:47 AM · Report this
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I dunno. He's bringing back one of my top 3 favorite comic strips of all time, maybe even top two, and he's doing it solely for fun and to say thank you to the fans.

That happens, pretty much, never.

I am lookin' hard but I'm finding no negatives in that.

I'm strapping in tight and enjoying the ride. And getting my wallet ready to order lots of turnip twaddlers. Lots, and lots, of turnip twaddlers.
GarE on July 17, 2015 at 11:41 AM · Report this
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@13: 'sup, fellow Calvin and Hobbes avatar dude. Let's keep an eye out for Reverse Polarity...I feel like there's another guy too.
ɥsɐןɯouǝʌ on July 17, 2015 at 12:03 PM · Report this
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Christ. What a killjoy. Here's an idea. Enjoy life's simple pleasures without adding a morose note on top of everything.
I Got Nuthin' on July 17, 2015 at 1:35 PM · Report this
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@13, 19: ...and of course I completely missed that RP was the second comment in the thread. Also, the other dude is Reality Check.
venomlash on July 17, 2015 at 2:02 PM · Report this
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No one remembers the reference made in @6?

Binkley wakes up his dad with that riddle.
seatackled on July 17, 2015 at 6:32 PM · Report this
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@15: thanks!

@22: "They're making HEADLINES!!"
Fred Casely on July 17, 2015 at 10:35 PM · Report this
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@23

Yay, my hero!

Now let's hold a benefit concert and call it the US Festival.
seatackled on July 18, 2015 at 4:00 PM · Report this
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@21

Someone needs to show up with a Susie Derkins avatar.
seatackled on July 18, 2015 at 7:18 PM · Report this