Berkeley Breathed
Author of Bloom County Babylon
About the Author
Berkeley Breathed is an American cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director, and screenwriter, best known for Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip. Bloom County earned Berkeley the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987. He replaced the Bloom County strip with the show more surreal Sunday-only cartoon, Outland in 1989, which featured some of the Bloom County characters. Eight years later, Berkeley began producing the comic strip, Opus, a Sunday-only strip featuring Opus the Penguin. In addition to his cartoon work, he has also produced seven children's books, two of which, A Wish for Wings That Work and Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big, were made into animated films. Berkeley's writing has also been featured in numerous publications, including Life, Boating, and Travel and Leisure. Berkeley lives with his family in Southern California. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Berkeley Breathed
Politically, Fashionably, and Aerodynamically Incorrect: The First Outland Collection (1992) 541 copies
His Kisses Are Dreamy...but Those Hairballs Down My Cleavage...!: Another Tender Outland Collection (1994) 492 copies
One Last Little Peek, 1980-1995: The Final Strips, the Special Hits, the Inside Tips (1995) 454 copies
Associated Works
The Comics Journal #124 — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Breathed, Berkeley
- Legal name
- Breathed, Guy Berkeley
- Other names
- Breathed, Berkeley
- Birthdate
- 1957-06-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Encino, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Education
- University of Texas, Austin (BA|1979)
- Occupations
- cartoonist
author
journalist - Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize (Editorial Cartooning, 1987)
Inkpot Award (2010)
Golden Duck Award (2008)
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Statistics
- Works
- 64
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 19,131
- Popularity
- #1,139
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 220
- ISBNs
- 135
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 61