Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Berkeley Breathed bloomcountyenvironment Change image and share on social
I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion. Berkeley Breathed anchorbitecomfort Change image and share on social
I could draw Bloom County with my nose and pay my cleaning lady to write it, and I'd bet I wouldn't lose 10% of my papers over the next twenty years. Such is the nature of comic-strips. Once established, their half-life is usually more than nuclear waste. Berkeley Breathed betbloomclean share on social
My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids. Berkeley Breathed bookchangechild Change image and share on social
Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books. Berkeley Breathed bookchildenter Change image and share on social
If I could have drawn a cat yelling for lasagna every day for 15 years and have them pay me $30 million to do so, I would have. Berkeley Breathed catdaydraw Change image and share on social
I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan. Berkeley Breathed dailynewsphotographer Change image and share on social
The comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it. Berkeley Breathed comicdiepage Change image and share on social
Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out. Berkeley Breathed abridgefindlive Change image and share on social
I'll confess right here that I secretly wish I'd have drawn a strip about a little boy with a fake tiger, going for adventures throughout the universe in spaceships of his imagination. Berkeley Breathed adventureboyconfess Change image and share on social
