# Hmmm, looks like Bloom County may be coming back **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972 "2015-07-12T21:01:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/21 "2015-07-13T23:51:17Z")
[First strip of 2015](https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/photos/a.114529165244512.10815.108793262484769/1004028256294594/?type=1) is up! ETA: Ninja’d by **Uniqueorn**! [Here’s](http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/artsbeat/2015/07/13/berkeley-breathed-publishes-first-new-bloom-county-strip-since-1989/?referrer=) some further info. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/22 "2015-07-14T00:39:42Z")
The first year of **Boom County** made it look like it’d be one of the greats. But it slowly went downhill (even to the point of Breathed actually writing in a strip: “Really, this is funny.”). In the beginning, he nailed each joke to the point of brilliance, but as time went on, he was just off enough so that the full humor wasn’t there. And it devolved into Opus, who is best in small doses. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/23 "2015-07-14T01:00:15Z")
It was pretty good for quite some time though. Not as good as Calvin & Hobbes but better than almost any other strip. Right up there with The Far Side and 70s Doonesbury or 60s Peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/24 "2015-07-14T01:06:16Z")
Ack. Oop. Thppt. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/25 "2015-07-14T01:39:46Z")
I’m still looking for that strip where someone (Maybe the little genius) hacks…something (sorry this is so vague) and the dad is morally perplexed. The final line is something like “Bombs or …something…it’s not a difficult choice dad” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/26 "2015-07-14T01:39:55Z")
Wow. Some of my Doper heroes have totally ruined my good impression of them in this thread… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/27 "2015-07-14T02:48:21Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I’m still looking for that strip where someone (Maybe the little genius) hacks…something (sorry this is so vague) and the dad is morally perplexed. The final line is something like “Bombs or …something…it’s not a difficult choice dad” I have that in a book somewhere. It’s “Buicks or bombs”. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/28 "2015-07-14T02:57:36Z")
Hairy fishnuts? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/29 "2015-07-14T06:22:48Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I’m still looking for that strip where someone (Maybe the little genius) hacks…something (sorry this is so vague) and the dad is morally perplexed. The final line is something like “Bombs or …something…it’s not a difficult choice dad” [Here 'tis.](http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/bloom/art_images/cg4fa2b039c2970.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/30 "2015-07-14T06:23:49Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I’m still looking for that strip where someone (Maybe the little genius) hacks…something (sorry this is so vague) and the dad is morally perplexed. The final line is something like “Bombs or …something…it’s not a difficult choice dad” > [@Skywatcher](#): > > I have that in a book somewhere. It’s “Buicks or bombs”. Looks like it was the [IRS](https://givesgoodemail.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/bc_moraldilemma2.png). I’m personally very pleased that Mr. Breathed has decided to start again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/31 "2015-07-14T08:53:16Z")
Back when he was being dogged with accusations of copying **Doonesbury** , a comics critic ( **The Comics Journal** ’s R. Fiore) noted that calling Berke Breathed a wonderful stylist is a bit like complimenting a shoplifter for being a sharp dresser. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/32 "2015-07-14T13:10:34Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I’m old enuf to have read Bloom County from its inception. I’ve never seen it as anything but a sad Doonesbury rip-off, with funny animal whimsy laid on. Yes, I’ve enjoyed many of the strips, but I have loathed many more, including anything with Bill the Cat in it. > > I can live without a reboot. Oh god, Doonesbury sucks ass, and Bloom County is the best. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/33 "2015-07-14T13:18:37Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Wow. Some of my Doper heroes have totally ruined my good impression of them in this thread… Because they don’t like the comic strip you like? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/34 "2015-07-14T13:33:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh god, Doonesbury sucks ass, and Bloom County is the best. 🙂 Yeah, maybe it’s an either/or thing. I could have said the same thing **Ukelele Ike** about enjoying many of the strips but loathing many more about Doonesbury. I’ll take Bloom County over Doonesbury any day. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/35 "2015-07-14T13:56:02Z")
Put me in the Bloom County camp. Doonesbury never appealed to me. Is there any indication as to where (online) new strips will be, or how often they’ll come out? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/36 "2015-07-14T13:59:51Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Because they don’t like the comic strip you like? Yes, totally. I’m going to declare jihad over a comic strip. I was more than half-joking (although not liking Bloom County does seem to call their taste into question…). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/37 "2015-07-14T15:39:53Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The first year of **Boom County** made it look like it’d be one of the greats. But it slowly went downhill (even to the point of Breathed actually writing in a strip: “Really, this is funny.”). In the beginning, he nailed each joke to the point of brilliance, but as time went on, he was just off enough so that the full humor wasn’t there. And it devolved into Opus, who is best in small doses. That was my take on it, too. In 1981 and 1982, _Bloom County_ was the best comic strip ever up to that time, even eclipsing _Doonesbury_ in its glory days. But each year after that, it lost a bit of its edge. It was still mostly enjoyable into the mid-1980s, but by 1983, it was good rather than amazing, and by 1987, it wasn’t even good most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/38 "2015-07-14T16:21:53Z")
It still is the best comic ever. It’s hard to maintain a level of greatness over a long period, we see that in TV series all the time. I hope it comes back for a long ride- even in its later years, it was still better than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/39 "2015-07-14T16:38:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Nobody was able to see them daily. They were both weekly strips. That may be why I wasn’t able to follow it daily. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972/40 "2015-07-14T17:28:07Z")
Is the new strip going to be weekly? Or just whenever he feels like putting up a new strip? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972.md?page=3)