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Bloom County

Bloom County is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed. It originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, with a mix of human and anthropomorphic animal characters. The primary cast includes the adolescent Michael Binkley and…

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Author
Berkeley Breathed
Alternate name(s)
Bloom County 2015 (2015), The Bloom County Boys (2025)
Current status/schedule
Running, no set schedule
End date
August 6, 1989, resumed on July 13, 2015
Followed by
Outland
Genre(s)
Humor, Politics, Satire

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Bloom County books

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Bloom County

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to Collections · 36
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related to End and spinoff strips · 32
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related to Human characters · 24
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related to history · 19
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related to Bloom County books · 18
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related to Animated series · 16
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related to Return · 11
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related to External links · 9
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related to Premise · 8
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related to The Complete Bloom County Library · 7
Bloom County → American Comics, Collects, IDW Publishing, Opus, Outland, The Complete Library, The Library

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bloom CountyAlternate name(s)Bloom County 2015 (2015), The Bloom County Boys (2025)1.00infobox
Bloom CountyAuthorBerkeley Breathed1.00infobox
Bloom CountyCurrent status/scheduleRunning, no set schedule1.00infobox
Bloom CountyEnd dateAugust 6, 1989, resumed on July 13, 20151.00infobox
Bloom CountyFollowed byOutland1.00infobox
Bloom CountyGenre(s)Humor, Politics, Satire1.00infobox
Bloom CountyLaunch dateDecember 8, 19801.00infobox
Bloom CountyPreceded byThe Academia Waltz1.00infobox
Bloom CountySyndicate(s)Washington Post Writers Group (1980–1989)1.00infobox
Bloom CountyWebsiteGoComics.com/BloomCounty (reruns)1.00infobox
Bloom Countyis aAmerican comic strip by Berkeley Breathed0.90text
Bloom Countyrelated to Animated seriesOn February0.60section

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