For this week, I decided to look at an old classic, Bloom County. Created by Berkley Breathed, it was strip that focused mostly on creating satire of politics and culture while taking place in a small town called Bloom County. The strip was also the start of one of the most popular (Or should I say, the most popular) character Breathed has created, Opus the Penguin.

What made this comic strip so unique was the fact that despite that fact the comedy was based on real world happenings, the main characters were not, for example, the majority of the main characters of the strip were either two kids who often acted a lot older than their age and more mature than their parents and animals. These character would often make fun of these mature discussion, even though the time this strip was out it was usually the characters in other comics who would make the jokes about politics and such were the adult character who were more grown up.
 In a way, the whole town of Bloom County can be seen of a place that has been turned upside down, you have kids discussing politics, a group of animals developing a rock band who's main singer is a mentally ill cat who somehow gets all the women and fame, and you have a man in a wheelchair who role-plays Star Trek while speeding down hills at fast speeds.

Anyway, I was always fond of these comics and it's a shame that finding collections of strips is pretty expensive. Although I can't say paying around more than a hundred dollars for the books is worth it, I recommend at least trying to find some strips online to see if it's your kind of thing.