The “Bloom County” comic, created by Berkeley Breathed in the 1980s, will become an animated series. The series will be developed by veteran Tim Long, producer of “The Simpsons”, for the American network Fox.
“Bloom County” first appeared in 1980 in the student newspaper The Daily Texan (under the name “The Waltz Academy”) and then moved to the Washington Post, where it became a publishing phenomenon and ran until 1989. .
The strip featured acid commentary on the political and cultural themes of its time, reflected in the comics through bizarre fictional characters.
The main characters of “Bloom County” were a sexist and irresponsible lawyer, a dirty orange flea-infested tabby (in a clear parody of the character of Garfield), a penguin who lost his mother, a 10-year-old journalist and many others.
So great was the success of “Bloom County” that Breathed won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial comic in 1987. However, because her comics appeared on comic pages rather than in the newspaper editorial, her award was frowned upon by many of the members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
In 2015, Breathed revived her characters in Facebook posts.
Breathed himself will write the animated series, in collaboration with Long, who will serve as the showrunner for the attraction. The Bloom County series doesn’t have a premiere date yet.
Source: Terra
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