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Berkeley Breathed

Author of Bloom County Babylon

Includes the names: B. Breathed, Breathed Berke, Berkely Breathed, Berkeley Breathed, Berkeley Breathed, Berkeley Breathed, Berke Breathed (Berkeley Breathed), Berke; Intro By Steve Dallas Breathed

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Berkeley Breathed is an American cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director, and screenwriter, best known for Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip. Bloom County earned Berkeley the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987. He replaced the Bloom County strip with the surreal Sunday-only cartoon, Outland in 1989, which featured some of the Bloom County characters. Eight years later, Berkeley began producing the comic strip, Opus, a Sunday-only strip featuring Opus the Penguin. In addition to his cartoon work, he has also produced seven children's books, two of which, A Wish for Wings That Work and Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big, were made into animated films. Berkeley's writing has also been featured in numerous publications, including Life, Boating, and Travel and Leisure. Berkeley lives with his family in Southern California. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Bloom County Babylon 1,492 copies, 9 reviews
Billy and the Boingers Bootleg 1,407 copies, 6 reviews
Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things 1,299 copies, 5 reviews
Tales Too Ticklish to Tell 1,242 copies, 3 reviews
The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos 1,163 copies, 5 reviews
Toons for Our Times 1,127 copies, 5 reviews
Happy Trails 1,079 copies, 3 reviews
Bloom County: Loose Tails 1,073 copies, 5 reviews
Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County 1986-1989 913 copies, 4 reviews
A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story 565 copies, 11 reviews
Goodnight Opus 504 copies, 14 reviews
Politically, Fashionably, and Aerodynamically Incorrect: The First Outland… 500 copies, 2 reviews
Flawed Dogs: the Novel 494 copies, 13 reviews
His Kisses Are Dreamy...but Those Hairballs Down My Cleavage...!: Another… 466 copies, 1 review
One Last Little Peek, 1980-1995: The Final Strips, the Special Hits, the… 421 copies
The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story 407 copies, 6 reviews
Red Ranger Came Calling 368 copies, 8 reviews
OPUS: 25 Years of His Sunday Best 363 copies, 4 reviews
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 1: 1980-1982 319 copies, 8 reviews
Mars Needs Moms! 314 copies, 22 reviews
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big 280 copies, 10 reviews
Pete & Pickles 201 copies, 20 reviews
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 2: 1982-1984 197 copies, 4 reviews
Flawed Dogs: The Year End Leftovers at the Piddleton "Last Chance" Dog… 190 copies, 14 reviews
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 3: 1984-1986 170 copies, 2 reviews
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 4: 1986-1987 140 copies
Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope 136 copies, 12 reviews
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume 5: 1987-1989 111 copies, 1 review
Berkeley Breathed's Outland: The Complete Collection 93 copies
Bloom County: Brand Spanking New Day 71 copies
The Bill the Cat Story: A Bloom County Epic 63 copies, 4 reviews
Berkeley Breathed's Opus : the complete library, Sunday comics 2003-2008. 63 copies
Berkeley Breathed's Academia Waltz And Other Profound Transgressions 58 copies
Bloom County: Best Read On The Throne 50 copies, 1 review
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 3: 1983 34 copies
Berkeleyworks: The Art of Berkeley Breathed: From Bloom County and Beyond 27 copies
Bloom County: Real, Classy, & Compleat: 1980-1989 22 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 2: 1982 17 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 1: 1980-1981 16 copies
From Bloom County to Mars: The Imagination of Berkeley Breathed 16 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 4: 1984 14 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 5: 1985 13 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 7: 1987 12 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 8: 1988 12 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 9: 1989 12 copies
The Academia Waltz 12 copies
The Academia Waltz: Bowing Out 12 copies
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 6: 1986 11 copies
The Christmas Opus 'n Bill 7 copies
Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County Artist's Edition (Artist Edition) 2 copies
Bloom County. Il Pinguino Opus 2 copies
HAPPY TRAILS!: Bloom County 1 copy
Bloom County: The Complete Library (Collections) (12 Book Series) 1 copy
Bloom County: Complete Library: Volume 5 1987-1989 1 copy
One Last Little Peek 1980-1995 1 copy
Bloom County: The Complete Digital Library Volume 3: 1983 1 copy
1996 Bloom County (Year in a Box Calendar) 1 copy
Opus Postcard Box: 30 Postcards 1 copy
Il primo libro Opus 1 copy
Opus Journal 1 copy
One Last Little Peek 1 copy
Bloom County: the complete library, vol 1-5 1 copy
Comics Express Vol 1 #2 (Comic Strips) 1 copy
Il secondo libro di Opus 1 copy
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Breathed, Berkeley
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Breathed, Guy Berkeley
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Breathed, Berkeley
Date of birth
1957-06-21
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Encino, California, USA
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Santa Barbara, California, USA
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University of Texas, Austin (BA | 1979)
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Pulitzer Prize (Editorial Cartooning, 1987)
Inkpot Award (2010)
Golden Duck Award (2008)
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