Berkeley Breathed’s intelligent yet zany Bloom County series, starring such future pop culture icons as Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat, is now available in specially-formatted Kindle editions from Comixology.
Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 1 (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $7.99)
378 pages!
Collecting every strip from December 8, 1980, through December 31, 1981, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed.
Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in December 1980 and it soon became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The endearing and quirky denizens of the strip included Milo Bloom, Steve Dallas, Michael Binkley, Cutter John, Bill the Cat, and Opus the Penguin.
Bloom County was a strip that dealt with many issues relevant to the period. Occasional “Context comments” are added throughout this collection, giving the reader a greater understanding of the time.
This is the first time Bloom County has been collected in a digital library. IDW will add more volumes, one year per app. Each newspaper strip is reproduced in chronological order from first to last. Great effort has been made to ensure the highest production values are achieved.
The Bloom County Library is the latest offering in IDW Publishing’s series of Digital Graphic Novels. We’ve assembled the best of favorite brands and respected creators for you to collect on your digital bookshelf.
Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 2 (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $7.49)
376 pages!
Collecting every strip from January 1, 1982, through December 31, 1982, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed.
Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in December 1980 and it soon became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The endearing and quirky denizens of the strip included Milo Bloom, Steve Dallas, Michael Binkley, Cutter John, Bill the Cat, and Opus the Penguin.
Bloom County was a strip that dealt with many issues relevant to the period. Occasional “Context comments” are added throughout this collection, giving the reader a greater understanding of the time.
This is the first time Bloom County has been collected in a digital library. IDW will add more volumes, one year per app. Each newspaper strip is reproduced in chronological order from first to last. Great effort has been made to ensure the highest production values are achieved.
The Bloom County Library is the latest offering in IDW Publishing’s series of Digital Graphic Novels. We’ve assembled the best of favorite brands and respected creators for you to collect on your digital bookshelf.
Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 3 (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $7.49)
Note that the cover art shown on Amazon is the same as for the Vol. 2 collection, but this is the Vol. 3 ebook
Bloom County: The Complete Library, Volume Three collects every strip from July 1984 through February 1986.
Many fondly remembered strips are in this volume, including the classic 1984 presidential elections featuring possibly the finest running mates ever for such a campaign: Opus and Bill the Cat.
Plus a cornucopia of ingenious satire featuring the rest of the Bloom County cast: Steve Dallas, Mio, Binkley, Oliver, Cutter John, and all the rest.
Additionally, this volume contains many insightful, biting, and downright hysterical annotations by Berkeley Breathed as he comments on his strips in his own uniquely irreverent way.
Context pages, for perspective, are sprinkled throughout the book.
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