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Bloom County 2015 Debuts on Facebook Today
Award-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed resurrected his acclaimed strip Bloom County on Facebook just minutes ago.
Yesterday, Breathed had surprised the Internet with the news that he would be making new Bloom County for the first time in twenty-five years. During that time, though, it appears as though neither Opus the Penguin nor Milo Bloom have aged much, as you can see in the self-aware first strip of the new Bloom County, embedded below.
While this is the first time in years that Bloom County has returned, Breathed has never completely left behind iconic characters from the world of the strip, particularly Opus the Penguin who has had spinoff strips, a long-form illustrated Christmas story and more over the years.
It's not yet clear whether Bloom County will get some kind of official distribution or if it will just be something Breathed does on social media as a passion project -- or how long it will last.
Here's hoping it's a while.
