Bloom County 2019 by Berkeley Breathed for January 07, 2020

This one made me cry when I read it on twitter, having an inferior blurry screen reading it again

“First human hand without velocity”.

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Was there a Jack Daniels to wash down the fries?

That’s very sweet. Steve is a consistently good foil for these situations.

Beautifully drawn.

I don’t get ANY of this… I used to love you Berkeley.. But please, step away from the acid!

Beautifully drawn and said…in equal amounts.

I doubt that there has ever been a comic strip artist with the talent of Berkeley Breathed.

Beautiful. 92 minutes of standing ovations.

I absolutely LOVE the portrayal of Steve Dallas – shades of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” – I can certainly see aspects of ol’ Hunter S in Steve.

So many tears…

Made me sad thinking of my Eskies that have long passed.

You made me cry, but it was sweet. Thanks.

Maybe if I wasn’t treating a rescue cat for cancer I wouldn;t be weeping at this. Again. And again.

Now if we could only get people to think about human beings in a similar way…

I never reply, but today I cry you make me miss my babies past and present

Steve Dallas’ karma score just moved to the plus side.

Sigh

So sweet. I love how she “came to know” her first pillow and tennis ball and they’re in shreds. I’m not crying, you’re crying!

Well drawn cartoon. Beautiful art. Bloom county has a new character. Good stuff.

I have a Rescue dog who was so viciously treated by his first owner that, almost 10 years later, he will cringe if I move suddenly, flinch when I touch him and cringe when he sees me about to. He hides in there’s a raised voice or noise. About The only time I see the happy dog he should alwayx be is when I let him out into the yard. Now, Every time I see this beautiful dog, who I have never raised a finger against, bracing to be mistreated, I think about the scumbag who broke Rosco and how dearly I would love an opportunity to do the same to him.

Wow. That was awesomeI am in awe

You’re not crying! I’m crying!

BB: Thank you.

Bet it’s the French fries that killed her. (Should’ve been Freedom fries.)

I realize this is supposed to be sweet but the visual style creeps me out.

The dog died? After all that?! That’s not fair!

Aw

Seems to be much discussion on his FB page about whether “last hours” means of her life or of the year. I hope it is just of the year. She and Steve deserve some happy years together.

This is really beautiful ❤️❤️

A fable for our times. And Steve? —He’s not all bad….

Has Berke published the complete painting on his website yet?

You know, sometimes all you can say is WOW! Wonderful artwork, wonderful image in my mind!

From BB about this strip as posted on the Bloom County Twitter feed on 2 Jan: “A confession: I had a startling, blubbery reaction when I finally added the scars to my broken bull terrier. Came out of nowhere— hasn’t happened before. Age. Sheesh. —bb”

Steve is such a damaged, flawed, incredible hero. He inspires me. Thank you.

They ask only for kindness, literally the least you can do. In return they give love which is literally EVERYTHING that they have. If this strip doesn’t make you cry, please check for a pulse.

damn onions.

Beautiful!!

Stunning, moving and one might say “Breathed” taking. Thanks B B

I hope this doesn’t mean she died, as she did in Opus’ backstory.

Is Steve OK? He’s been my hero since he set up Opus to set up Zulu with Sam the Lion. Not that Steve is more important than Death Dealer. But what does “in precisely equal amounts” mean?

Sometimes one day of love can last a lifetime…

In November, we said goodbye to our rescue Terrier mix. In her final hours of her 16th year, second month and 13th day, she knew she had all but her first 8 months in a life lived fully loved. Hard to type this through the tears.

Berkeley, I still don’t like your politics, but this last series about Death Dealer showed that you do have a heart. I loved it. However, Steve Dallas must now be changed forever.

OMG can’t stop crying. This was beautiful. <3 <3 <3

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Oh, dear God, I’m behind on these and just found this tale. That poor baby. that poor, poor, baby.