Had to get some lighter reading ... and I'm still giggling. I'd forgotten how political some of his stuff was, but it holds up really well. In fact, it's almost like a mirror. What can I say? ( )

I'm just a huge fan of Bloom County. The incisive political commentary, the sharply realized characters, the carefully hidden pleas to take a step back and appreciate how beautiful this world can be (usually delivered by Opus). This collection has the best strips of the first 5 years and I return to it again and again. ( )

An awesome collection of Bloom County strips! I had great fun reading it - I hadn't seem some of these strips since the first time I read them, lo these many years ago.

It was especially comforting to read it, because my boyfriend brought it over for me to read while I was sick :) ( )

How to describe Bloom County? Imagine if Doonesbury were written by the people who created Family Guy and you're getting close... it's frequently irreverent, sometimes silly, often political and occasionally downright profound!

This collection includes many of the earliest Bloom County comic strips as well as a generous selection from the first 5-years (unfortunately it's not a complete collection).

It has the very first appearance of future Bloom County star Opus the Penguin "A penguin and his boy." Also Bill the Cat "Pffft! Ackkk!" the anti-Garfield, introduced as being created purely for merchandising purposes.

Some of the jokes are dated, some of the humor a bit of an acquired taste but as Opus might say, "You know, it's still pretty darn good!"

Recommended for anyone with a sense of humor. ( )

This is a fantastic collection of Bloom County's finest citizens. Detailing the hacking of the earliest personal computers, a fruitless political campaign by Bill and Opus, and Bill the Cat's rise to stardom and abrupt fall into rehab, this is a compilation sure to be laughs with every strip.