Happy Trails: Bloom County Selections |  | Author: Berke Breathed
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Category: Book
Buy Collectible: $66.30
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1231802
Media: Paperback
ISBN: 0788154370
EAN: 9780788154379
ASIN: 0788154370
Publication Date: April 1996
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Condition: Large oblong softcover.out of print.no markings. tight clean pages.cover VG+.clean,smokefree.*reliable seller*fast shipping s,dr
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 The end of an era... January 12, 2004
Devin de Gruyl (Grove City, OH United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bloom County's departure from newspapers on 6 August 1989 was met with only moderate sadness, as within a very few weeks most of those same papers would begin carrying Breathed's follow-up strip, the Sunday-only Outland. But it was still a very sad event for those of us who had followed the strip from its earliest days as a rural Doonesbury to its emergence as a surrealistic, fourth-wall breaking, somewhat sentimental, and delightfully askew look at the follies of the world we all share, as seen through the eyes of Opus the penguin, arguably the Pogo of the late twentieth century, and his friends at the Bloom Boarding House.pThis last collection of Bloom County takes us from January to August 1989 - the last seven months of the strip - and includes some parting shots at Donald Trump (whose brain somehow finds its way into one Mr. Bill D. Cat), Mary Kay cosmetics, 1-900 phone services, runaway consumerism, and the questionable nature of what humanity considers progress. Opus pens his autobiography (which Milo extensively rewrites and sells off as a Movie-of-the-Week), Rosebud (recently outed as a female playing a male role) gives birth to 63 jackabasselope offspring, and Steve Dallas returns to he Neanderthal roots... just in time for the Trump-brained Bill to buy the strip out from under everyone. The last few weeks of Bloom County show the cast moving on - Steve tries to get into action comics, Oliver's transferred to Family Circus, Portnoy and Hodge-Podge end up cleaning up after Marmaduke, and so on. As for Opus himself... well, you'll have to read the book to find out. Suffice to say, the final six dailies serve as a suitable transition from Bloom County to Outland.pHighly recommended to Bloom County and/or Berkeley Breathed fans. It's not the BEST book in the series, but that doesn't make it any less of a must-read.
 Brought a tear to me eye! November 28, 2002
Nick (Sioux Falls, SD United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I remember reading this book early 90's and it literally made my stomach ache with sadness to read the final 10-15 pages. Opus had always been the tear-jerker character of the series and the way Breathed plays him in the final books of Bloom County is really sad for true fans. The nice part is what he does to Steve. All I can say is HE's BAAAACK. (He's bad!) Great book for true Bloom County fans.pCheers
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