"Bloom County" to finally be collected and reprinted in its entirety

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Even if you have all the out-of-print paperbacks (as I do), you're still missing a good chunk of the strips. Hope they include the original inserts, like Smell-a-Toons and the floppy Boingers record

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IDW Publishing is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of The Bloom County Library. Beginning in October 2009, each of the five volumes will collect nearly two years worth of daily and Sunday strips, in chronological order. This will be the very first time that many of these comic strips have been collected, and the first time in a beautifully designed, hardcover format. The books will be part of IDW’s Library of American Comics imprint, and designed by Eisner Award-winner Dean Mullaney.

"Fans have pestered me for years,” said Berkeley Breathed, “for this ultimate Bloom County collection in that polite, respectful badgering way that only fans can manage. Thank God I can now tell them something better than just 'please remove your tent from my lawn.' I can say, 'It's coming!"

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IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier conceived the series. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be editing the Bloom County Library,” said Dunbier. “This is a series that I can’t wait to hold in my hands.”

The Bloom County Library will also contain a series of “Context Pages” sprinkled throughout the volumes. These pages will provide perspective for the reader, presenting a variety of real-life events and personalities that were contemporary at the time of original publication.

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[Maestro]

1. One of my favorite strips

from my childhood and I still read Berkley's current work from time to time.

[alphafemale]

2. Loved that strip

Why do the great strips, (Bloom County, Galvin & Hobbs) go away, while drek like Hi & Lois and Family Circus goes on and to torture generations?