Bill
Location: J’s Collection
Artist:
Berke Breathed
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It is told that Bill is Garfield's son, but feline rumors say he's actually Fritz's. Great strip, amazing character!
Cats have the bizarre ability to have a litter of kittens with more than one father, so we may never know! Heck, it could even be Streaky...
I have to admit, I didn't find the strip very funny, but in fairness, no humor strips ever really made me laugh. I thought many had cleverly written jokes, but they just didn't make me laugh. Cue the Simpsons: "It's funny, but it's just not hah hah funny.". However, I still really loved Bloom County if only for the the interesting looking cast of characters and the excellent cartooning. Like you, Bill the Cat was my favourite and he was the only one whose head I would doodle constantly. To this day, whenever I hear or see that there's a Bloom County original going up on the auction block, I always check it out in hopes that it might be an example featuring Bill the Cat. Congrats, man, this is a phenomenal example!
It is a lot of subtle US pop culture and political reference, so the humor could hit a bit flat for some audiences. It usually made me laugh, tho, like when Milo would work with his editor or Binkley dealt with his night terrors. It's so funny that you used to doodle Bill the cat, because I used to do that, too. Heh. Thanks, Rubén.
Fantastic example from this classic strip! Great comedic execution here, IMHO. This takes me back
A great classic of its day that gave us a snapshot of the 80's. The dry humor made you think of the truth behind the joke. In this case, it's about glorifying the decadent lifestyle reported by tabloids and seen on movie screens.
It was most certainly a good list of what not to do. :) Thank you, Marcus
Read the comic strips from the paper as kids?! Darn tootin' we did! Nice throwback feel, no doubt! Congrats, J!
Send this to me immediately, Berkely Breathed on it ;)
Long live Bill the Cat!
Ack oop 🤘🏼
Great strip and example - especially love the silhouette in panel 2
Well, as I live and Breathe(d)!! Yowza, J H - This is absolutely DIVINE! Like you, I was -madly- passionate about this strip, and having a great example like this from the Boingers storyline could only be surpassed by somehow getting your hands on the master tapes of the recording session(s) which produced the tune on the flexi-disc insert of the 'Billy and the Boingers Bootleg' book... :)
But what a beautiful example here, from the prime of the strip, which sports a great gag, that unmistakable Breathed narrative voice (full of wit and wry social commentary), and beautiful shots of Bill. Absolutely spectacular, J H! Mega-congrats!
That record! It has been years. I still have my copy, too, and I'm going to play it today thanks to you, Jason. :) I still laugh at gags that I'll recall reading as a kid. Old, bald Binkley coming out of the night terror closet to have a frank discussion about how lame "we're" gonna be with women? Then comes out the first girlfriend to sit on his bed with a monster peeking out to see his reactions? I'm chuckling right now. And I very well remember reading this one, too. We recapture tiny bits of our youth with each of these personal treasures we find. Thanks for the great comment as always, Jason!
Always enjoyed reading Bloom County, and this is a great example of the strip. Especially for us fans of Bill the Cat. He brightened a lot of our days in the 80s. Congrats on the great pick-up!