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Penguin Dreams and
Stranger Things is the third collection of Bloom County comic strips. The Sunday comic strips
appear in color, but are clumped into two sections and do not 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 beginning of the book are
six pages from Milo's photo album showing some of the photographs that
he has taken on his travels through Bloom County. The artwork in these pictures
is wonderful.
The following storylines appear in this book: Opus Looks
for Mom in Antarctic, Survivalism, Bloom Tours, Tess Turbo Rock Video, Steve's Mom
Pays a Visit, Caucus Time, Mrs. Whacker - The Axe Murderer, Meadow Party
Convention in San Francisco, Bill the Cat Lives, The Prince (Michael Jackson)
and the Pauper (Opus), Mister America Pageant and Bhagwan Bill.
Bloom County became very popular in the
early 1980's. The characters that Berke Breathed created are a lot of
fun to read about. They are: Steve Dallas - a machismo man who
doesn't know how to take "No" for an answer, Bobbi - Milo and
Binkley's school teacher who tells Steve "No," Milo Bloom - a
young boy who writes for the Bloom Beacon and is politically conscious,
Binkley - Milo's neurotic friend who is something of a girl, Cutter
John - Bobbi's wheelchair-bound friend who is a Star Trek fan and a
Viet Nam war veteran, Opus - Binkley overanxious penguin who sort of
pretends he is human, and Bill the Cat - a scraggly, rock 'n'
roll loving mess of a cat. All of these characters, and a few more minor
players, make up Bloom County..
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