Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for January 30, 2013

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    Michael Thorton  almost 12 years ago

    Oh, god, I LOVED this one!

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    wdpeck  almost 12 years ago

    TINY nitpick! It’s “footless halls of air”, not “footloose”. Does this count as a Kevin Bacon connection?

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    RG_Dustbin  almost 12 years ago

    Further nitpicking I’m afraid. “…topped the windswept heights with EASY grace…” and there is no “I” at the start of the final line. My favourite poem, and whereas not that many people still alive have experienced flying Spitfires like the doomed young MacGee of the Royal Canadian Air Force, something in this poem still does it for most pilots, no matter how mundane our own craft.

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    vwdualnomand  almost 12 years ago

    didn’t reagan use this for the challenger disaster?

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    Sisyphos  almost 12 years ago

    What a rush!How good of Milo and Binkley to give Opus his chance to experience flight!

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    tripwire45  almost 12 years ago

    Someone mentioned “God” in a comic strip after the 1960s. Call the ACLU or something. Someone might be offended. ;-)

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    James Swinford  almost 12 years ago

    Curious about the date when this originally ran, as we marked the anniversary of the Challenger disaster just a week or two ago. If before Challenger exploded, this sets up an interesting sequence. If after that, if profanes a moment which remains hallowed for most of us who listened back them.

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    Vonne Anton  almost 12 years ago

    Surprising that Opus isn’t ticklish.

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    jadoo823  almost 12 years ago

    …american father, british mother, born in china, educated in china, england & US, joined rcaf, died in britain. Truly a citizen of the world…

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    dramac333  almost 12 years ago

    One of my favorite Bloom County strips ever.

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    Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 12 years ago

    This is a rather derisive use of a genuinely inspiring poem. I like to think I’m not stuffy…but maybe I am.

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    4nowelceres  almost 12 years ago

    This is the first time I have ever commented on a strip. I always thought mostly the odd did so. Thank you all for correcting that misconception. This strip spoke to me too.

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    lookwhatbobfound  almost 12 years ago

    I was living in Orlando when I saw the the Challenger explode. That was the first time I actually heard any sound over here from a launch.

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    AmyGrantfan51774  almost 12 years ago

    touched the face of God?!!!!…is He ticklish????!!!!!!!

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    SCroix  almost 12 years ago

    If you ever watched the film “Koyaanisqatsi” the ending of that is like a foreboding of the Challenger disaster. The film was made in 1982.

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