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nocturne213, in 21 December 1980 - No comic today

Rick’s Pet Shop in Frederick Maryland has a life sized Bill the Cat plush that I always wanted and offered to buy from Rick.

MrSebSin, (edited )
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This one?.. You can find 'em in good condition on eBay for $60-80. https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/ac71e5f0-ea09-47df-bab8-db64c900ca50.jpeg

nocturne213,

I just grabbed one from the bay.

https://i.imgur.com/iJw6sad.jpg

MrSebSin,
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That’s awesome!

nocturne213, (edited )

Back when I lived in Maryland and looking at them after seeing Rick’s, they were going for over $200 and were few and far between. I went as far as to write a letter to Berkeley and ask if he might still have one for sale. ACK! I am excited.

threelonmusketeers, in 20 December 1980

Um… okay. I guess he was still finding his style at this point.

Timecircleline, in 19 December 1980

My cats would eat horse tonsils delight. Yesterday I had to stop one of my cats from eating her own vomit. And she’s the smarter one of my two.

nocturne213,

I have a bag of beef lung treats for my dogs and my son’s cat ate through the bag to get some for himself.

originalucifer, (edited ) in 18 December 1980
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feels like an early idea concept approved a few drafts too soon, and before he found the punchline

MrSebSin,
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Yeah some are pretty rough at the start. We’re only a few days in at this point.

DemBoSain, (edited ) in 14 December 1980
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math works out

log(10) = 1

derivative of 10,000 (no variable) = 0

anything to the power of 0 is 1

1 x 10^0^ = 1

verity_kindle, in 14 December 1980
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Don’t apologize. Did Michelangelo apologize for a smear on the Sistine Chapel? Heylll no

threelonmusketeers, in Bloom County Starts December 8

Where is “10 days”? :)

littlebluespark, in Posted on social media, approx. 2021. If anyone can remember the date, I'll update. I love the splashes of color, I think the recent digital drawing pad work is some of his best.
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Ohgood. The fucking countdown is over. Christ.

verity_kindle,
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Have mercy on us.

mogwai, in 12 December 1980

Pear dimples…

threelonmusketeers,

Pear pimples.

MrSebSin,
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Hairy Fishnuts

Spendrill,

Just cough up, Mac!

MrSebSin, in I'm A Boinger
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Fantastic!!! Little late to the party on your post. Thanks for sharing!

mogwai, in 10 December 1980

It’s curious to wonder how the characters we all grow fond of in later strips began to get their start. Not that is is Bill at all but knowing how the comics developed I can’t help but want to binge them all now! But I wait, like I did when I was a boy.

verity_kindle, in Bloom County Starts December 8
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Love the promotional countdown! It seems like it brought the Boingers and the Raucous Caucus out!

originalucifer, in 9 December 1980
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ha, i remember the few-6 months being pretty rough. it took BB a bit to find a solid comedic voice..

MrSebSin,
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Agreed, though it only takes a few days and we’ll get Milo, who quickly brings in the narrative that is Bloom County.

originalucifer,
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o0o that is an excellent point!

homesweethomeMrL, in I'm A Boinger

Not a Böingers song but “Scuzzbucket from Nantucket” was pretty bitchen.

OldManBOMBIN, in I'm A Boinger

Hey I don’t know what bloom county or anything else is, but I looked up I’m a Boinger and that shit rocks.

caseyweederman, (edited )

It’s the comic Opus the Penguin is from, if you’re familiar with him.

OldManBOMBIN,

I am not, unfortunately.

Is this music based on the comic or something? Or, like, from the comic?

nocturne213,

It is supposed to be music by Billy and the Boingers, formerly known as Dëäthtöngüë (I forget where the umlauts go, so they all get them).

OldManBOMBIN,

Right, I got that from the band name; I just didn’t know if this was a, like, real band, or a band that someone started to parody a band from the comic, or a band that someone formed to pay homage to the comic, etc.

So it’s just some band?

limelight79,

It’s the band in the strip. The had a real band do these songs.

In the strip they were poking fun at heavy metal bands like Judas Priest, and the infamous Tipper Gore hearings.

OldManBOMBIN,

Oooook gotcha gotcha gotcha. I understand completely.

Damn, I gotta get into bloom county.

caseyweederman,

Never a better time now that the community owner is posting them in real time. I’ve got all the books but I’m still planning on following along in syndication pacing.

verity_kindle,
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And KISS.

limelight79,

Oh geez, how did I forget that? Thanks!

caseyweederman,

One of my favorite words is Diagetic. The music is part of the universe you’re observing.
I think this isn’t quite the same as that, since it’s music that is coming out of the universe, and intended to be representative of something inside, but it’s at least related.
Like the musical notation at the end of a Charles de Lint novel. Emergent diagesis.

OldManBOMBIN,

Once you said diagetic, I knew just what you meant. Music that exists within the realm of the comic that has been “recreated” in our world? Excellent.

verity_kindle,
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It’s a rock band of rebels with a death tuba section, from Bloom County. In the universe of the comic, they go on tour and Bill destroys a motel room. They do their best to imitate the greats. They are the vanguard of culture. Thanx for the groovy gams!

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