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Preview: The Bloom County Library Book 2

The Bloom County Library Book 2

(W) Berkeley Breathed (A) Berkeley Breathed
In Shops: Apr 12, 2023
SRP: $34.99

Book Two continues the complete Bloom County strip in chronological order, covering September 1982 to July 1984, presented in softcover for the first time! Continuing right where Volume One left off, with Berkeley Breathed’s endearing, enchanting, and occasionally infuriating inhabitants of Bloom County treating us to their madcap adventures, cynical observations, and optimistic innocenceall at once! Included herein is the death (and return) of Bill the Cat, the introduction of Oliver Wendell Jones, and all manner of thought-provoking hilarity as only Bloom County can deliver! Introduction by legendary journalist (and Bloom County fan) Ted Koppel!

The Bloom County Library Book 2

Preview: The Bloom County Library Book 1

The Bloom County Library Book 1

(W) Berkeley Breathed (A) Berkeley Breathed
In Shops: Oct 19, 2022
SRP: $34.99

Running from December 8th, 1980, to August 6th, 1989, Bloom County was published in an astounding 1,200 newspapers on a daily basis. Bloom County Library: Book One is the first of five editions collecting the Pulitzer Prize- and Eisner Award-winning comic strip in its entirety. The first book introduces the beloved Opus the Penguin, as well as Bill the Cat, Cutter John, Michael Binkley, Milo Bloom, Steve Dallas, and others. This volume also contains insightful commentary by Berkeley Breathed on his quirky creations. Every strip, from the very first until the last, are presented here in chronologically. You’ll never have a better chance to revisit these old friends-or to discover them for the first time.

The Bloom County Library Book 1

The Complete Archive of Berkeley Breathed’s Blook County Returns

Whether you’re new to Berkeley Breathed’s Pulitzer Prize–winning comic strip or a longtime devotee, this is the perfect opportunity to collect one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of all time.

This September, IDW Publishing will release Bloom County Library: Book One, the first of five editions collecting all the humor and all the characters of the original run of Breathed’s comic strips, published worldwide in over 1,200 newspapers on a daily basis from December 8, 1980 to August 6, 1989. The first volume features the strips from 1980 to 1982, introducing the beloved Opus the Penguin, as well as Bill the Cat, Cutter John, Michael Binkley, Milo Bloom, and Steve Dallas.

Book One (which in fact will be bound in paper) will contain insightful commentary by Breathed on his quirky creations, with a new introduction for the fall 2022 release. Every strip, from the very first until the last, are presented in chronological order. Fans will never have a better chance to revisit these old friends—or to discover them for the first time.

Bloom County Library: Book One

Preview: Bloom County: Best Read on the Throne

Bloom County: Best Read on the Throne

Berkeley Breathed (w & a & c)

Collecting year three of the Bloom County relaunch begun in 2015! The stakes are higher, the punchlines are sharper, and the laughter is more desperate! When Brand Spanking New Day came out, we said we needed Opus, Bill the Cat, and all their friends more than ever before. Well, what was true then is even more true now, and Bloom County: Best Read On The Throne picks up right where the previous volume left off!

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 144 pages • 9-4/5” x 11-4/5” • ISBN: 978-1-68405-314-8

Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County: Shenaniganary Coming in 2018

Picking up right where the previous volume left off, Bloom County: Shenaniganary collects year three of Berkeley Breathed’s newest Bloom County strips.

The residents of Bloom County are back to put their trademark tragi-comic spin on the horrors of the previous year, so lock all your worries in the anxiety closet for a bit. Who knows? When you come back they may be just the tiniest bit funnier. The stakes are higher, the punchlines are sharper, and the laughter is more desperate!

This marks the third volume in an ongoing series collecting the Bloom County series relaunched in 2015 and fans of political satire will not want to miss it as we need Opus, Bill the Cat, and all their friends more than ever before to make sense of today’s increasingly nonsensical world!

Bloom County: Shenaniganary will be available for $19.99 in comic shops and book stores on September 2018 and is now available for pre-order with ISBN: 978-1-68405-314-8

IDW Publishing and Humble Bundle Team Up for a Bloom County Bundle to Support Charity

IDW Publishing and Humble Bundle have teamed up with a brand new bundle to support Traveling Stories. The new comics bundle features Bloom County and runs through May 10. Humble Bundle allows customers to pay what they want and then split that towards the platform, publisher, and charity in any way they choose.

Customers can pay just $1 or more for:

  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 1
  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 2
  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 3
  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 4

Customers who pay $8 or more will also get:

  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 5
  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 6
  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 7
  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 8
  • Bloom County Digital Library Vol. 9
Those who pay $15 or more will receive all of that plus:
  • Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope (Collected new strips from 2015 & 2016!)
  • Berkeley Breathed’s Academia Waltz & Other Transgressions (New release!)
  • OPUS by Berkeley Breathed: The Complete Digital Sunday Strips from 2003-2008
  • Berkeley Breathed’s Outland: The Complete Digital Collection

Traveling Stories helps provide underprivileged youth with reading material and help them become literate by falling in love with reading.

Click here to check out this bundle now.

Preview: Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope

Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope

Berkeley Breathed (w & a & c)

OPUS AWAKENS!

In 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed began (without warning!) producing ALL-NEW Bloom County strips—for the first time in more than 25 years! Breathed released the new Bloom County strips exclusively through his Facebook page, to the cheers of devoted and delighted fans everywhere. These brand new strips have NEVER before been available in print—until now! All the wit, charm, and biting satire that are trademarks of Bloom County and Berkeley Breathed are clearly on display and evident in this handsome new volume. Featuring all your favorite characters: Opus, Milo, Bill the Cat, Steve Dallas, Cutter John, and many more. Bloom County has come home… and it’s about time!

TPB • PC • $17.99 • 144 pages • 11.6” x 9.7” • ISBN: 978-1-63140-699-7

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NYCC 2015: Bloom County Gets Printed courtesy of IDW

For the first time since 1989, Berkeley Breathed is producing new Bloom County comic strips. Featuring all of his beloved characters—Opus, Bill the Cat, Milo, Steve Dallas, and more—the world has never been more ready for Breathed’s biting satire and skewering humor to make a return—and, more importantly, on his own terms, free of the editorial constraints of corporately owned newspaper syndicates. In that spirit, IDW has announced the publication of the first in a new series of Bloom County Collections, debuting in the Summer of 2016.

Bloom County

Around the Tubes

The Graphic Policy team is descending on New York Comic Con, so make sure you head to our Twitter account for live updates from the show! Until we kick that off, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

Around the Tubes

ICv2 – Tricia Helfer Joins “Power” Cast for Season 2 – Cool.

Newsarama – Lex Luthor to Provide Free WiFi at New York Comic Con – Mhmmm, this is how digital nerd flu begins.

ArtsBeat – New ‘Bloom County’ Online Comic Strips to Be Collected and Published – Woohoo!

CBLDF – Zunar Trial to Proceed After Malaysian Court Rules on Sedition Act – Grumble. Grumble. Grumble.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews

Comic Vine – The Amazing Spider-Man #1

The Outhousers – Axcend #1

CBR – Batman and Robin Eternal #1

Comic Vine – Batman and Robin Eternal #1

CBR – Doctor Strange #1

CBR – Invincible Iron Man #1

The Outhousers – Jughead #1

Comic Vine – Paper Girls #1

CBR – Rowan’s Ruin #1

IDW Publishing Previews – 6/13/12

Cobra #14

Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Antonio Fuso, David Williams (c)

G.I. JOE UNDERGROUND! Armed with secret knowledge of Cobra’s inner workings, a rag-tag force of ex-villains and damaged heroes takes the fight to the darkest corners of the world, under the vigilant eye of Flint!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99


Bloom County, Vol. 5 Signed/Numbered Ltd Ed.

Berkeley Breathed (w & a & c)

IDW Publishing is proud to present the final signed and numbered limited edition of Bloom County: The Complete Library. Strictly limited to 500 copies, each with a special signature plate bound into the book, and signed by Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed.

HC · FC · $50.00 · 272 pages · 11” x 8.5”  · ISBN 978-1-61377-128-0


Dungeons & Dragons Classics, Vol. 3

Dan Mishkin, Jeff Grubb, Ben Schwartz, Dan Raspler & Don Kraar (w) • Jan Duursema, Ken Penders, Bob Downs, Tom Mandrake, & Fernado daSilva (a) • Jan Duursema (c)

Contains Advanced Dungeons & Dragons issues #19-26 and the 1990 Annual #1. Includes the four part “Phases of the Moon,” the one issue “Lawyers,”and the three part “Scavangers” storylines.

TPB • FC • $24.99 • 260 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-219-5

G.I. JOE: A Real American Treasury Edition

Larry Hama (w) • Herb Trimpe, Marshall Rogers, Don Hudson, Phil Gosier  (a) • J. Scott Campbell (c)

Celebrate America’s independence with this special 4th of July Treasury Edition of G.I. JOE! JOE scholar Mark Bellomo scoured the run of ARAH for the most patriotic stories for your Independence Day reading enjoyment, and decided on: Issue #1, “Operation Lady Doomsday “; #82, “Weeding Out”; and finally issue #155, “A Letter from SNAKE EYES.” From the very first introduction of the JOE team to the final issue filled with SNAKE EYES’ response to a teenager thinking of enlisting, this commemorative collection is designed for real American heroes.

FC • Cardstock •  $9.99 • 72 pages • 9.25” x 14.25”

KISS #1

Chris Ryall (w) • Jamal Igle (a) • Nick Runge, Igle (c)

You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best! KISS is back in an all-new comic series that will appeal to longtime fans and new readers alike! Four ordinary humans in 1920s Chicago find themselves caught up in a battle of epic proportions that will reverberate across time and space in “Dressed to Kill,” part 1!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Lovecraft Library, Vol. 2: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Mythos Tales

H.P. Lovecraft (w) • Sam “Mister-Sam” Shearon (a & c)

“That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die,” declared H.P. Lovecraft describing the truth hidden beneath the surface of his most nightmarish stories. In this collection of six short stories and novellas, Lovecraft explores the boundaries of modern horror, ranging from the cosmic dread of demonic creatures from the stars in “The Call of Cthulhu,” to “The Haunter of the Dark,” and the hidden horrors lurking within “The Shunned House” and “The Diary of Alonzo Typer.” Also includes “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and “The Festival.” With color art by Sam “Mister-Sam” Shearon and a new introduction by Lovecraft scholar Robert Weinberg.

HC • FC • $16.99 • 232 pages • 6” x 9” • ISBN 978-1-61377-208-9

Night of 1,000 Wolves #2 (of 3)

Bobby Curnow (w) • Dave Wachter (a & c)

One man’s desperate trial to save his family’s life from unstoppable suppernatural onslaught continues! With hordes of wolves, not to mention zombie werewolves, on their heels, Harrick and his family take sanctuary at Cragen’s Keep. The respite is short lived though, as the malevolent force behind the maddness makes itself known! A beatifully illustrated new horror classic in the making!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics #2

Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w) • Eastman, Laird (a & c)

This tale of the original TMNT expands the Turtles universe, detailing the origin of many familiar faces, such ass April O’Neil,  Baxter Stockman, and of course the mechanized Mousers!

FC • 38 pages • $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series, Vol. 1

Brian Lynch (w) • Franco Urru, Andy Kuhn, Valerio Schiti, & Ross Campbell (a) • David Petersen (c)

Following in the tradition of the original TMNT micro-series comes four stand-alone tales centering on each Turtle brought to you by writer Brian Lynch and artists Franco Urru, Andy Kuhn, Ross Campbell, and Valerio Schiti.

TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-232-4


Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Vol. 1

James Roberts (w) • Nick Roche & Alex Milne (a) Alex Milne (c)

The ultimate Transformers saga begins here! More Than Meets The Eye reunites the fan-favorite creative team behind Last Stand of the Wreckers and sends the Transformers on an epic quest to the farthest reaches of the Transformers Universe and beyond! Also includes the one-shot Death of Optimus Prime.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-235-5

Transformers: Robots in Disguise Ongoing #6

John Barber (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Ramondelli, Casey Coller (c)

ONCE HE WAS: OPTIMUS PRIME! The Autobot gave up his title—returned to his role as ORION PAX! But that doesn’t mean the fight’s over! A shattered planet leads Pax and a squad of fan favorite characters on the trail of the deadliest Decepticon of all… SHOCKWAVE!

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

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