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This is the fourth collection of Bloom County comic strips. This
collection of comic strips is not the entire five years of comics. This
would appear to be a "Best of . . ." collection. Still, it is much
larger than the normal Bloom County book. The Sunday comic strips
appear in color and may not necessarily follow the
dailies in their designated spots, which can be a little confusing if
the Sunday was in reference to the previous week’s happenings. All of
the dailies appear in black and white. At the front of the book is the
8-page story about "The Great LaRouche Toad-Frog Massacree" by Michael
J. Binkley.
Bloom County became very
popular in the early 1980’s. The characters that Berke Breathed created
are a lot of fun to read about.
Bloom County Babylon
is a really big book of comics. It literally took me months to read. But
I enjoyed every minute of it. Since this book covers the first five
years, you can really follow how the main characters changed and grew,
both in what they looked like and their character development. Berke
Breathed does an amazing job, as usual, of making satirical comments
about our society, but doing it in such a way that it is barely
noticeable. Maybe that is why I love this comic strip so much. No. The
reason i love this strip so much is the characters, like: Opus, Milo,
Binkley, Oliver, Steve Dallas, and all the other minor players. To tell
the truth, I never did like Bill the Cat much. But since he really isn't
around that much, usually because he is dead or something, it is no big
deal. Either way, Bloom County Babylon should be on your "Must
Read" list. Heck, I've read it 3 or 4 times, and I know I will probably
read it again. That is what defines a good book. Repeatability! |
