Berkeley Breathed

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in Houston, Texas, The United States

June 21, 1957

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Comics & Graphic Novels

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Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed is an American cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director, and screenwriter, best known for Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip which dealt with socio-political issues as seen through the eyes of highly exaggerated characters (e.g. Bill the Cat and Opus the Penguin) and humorous analogies.

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Average rating: 4.34 · 27,194 ratings · 1,146 reviews · 48 distinct works · Similar authors

	Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 4,238 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloom County: "Loose Tails" 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 3,230 ratings — published 1983	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'Toons for Our Times: A Bloom County Book of Heavy Meadow Rump 'n Roll 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 2,918 ratings — published 1984	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 2,283 ratings — published 1985	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billy and the Boingers Bootleg 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,869 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales Too Ticklish to Tell: Bloom County 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 1,765 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Trails 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 1,398 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County, 1986-1989 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 1,230 ratings — published 1990	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos: A Bloom County Book 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 1,206 ratings — published 1989	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,034 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bloom County: The Complete Library (5 books)
by Berkeley Breathed
4.469217970049916 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 1,803 ratings

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Quotes by Berkeley Breathed

“I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist.”
― Berkeley Breathed

tags: characters, fiction, on-fiction

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“Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out. ”
― Berkeley Breathed

tags: books, life

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“And just as it is with all proper grannies, she ordered me into my pink bunny jammies.”
― Berkeley Breathed, Goodnight Opus

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