Bloom County: The Complete Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982

Berkley Breathed'sBloom Countywas one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of all time.Bloom Countyran from December 8th, 1980 to August 6th, 1989 and was published in an astounding 1200 newspapers on a daily basis. The huge popularity ofBloom Countyspawned a merchandizing bonanza, as well as two spin-off strips,OutlandandOpus.
The Bloom County LibraryVolume 1 highlights the first time the entire run of the immensely popularBloom Countystrip has been collected in beautifully designed hard cover books with exceptional reproduction.

-The Library of American Comics is the world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips, with 14 Eisner Award nominations and three wins for best book. LOAC has become the gold standard for archival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provide insight and context, and most importantly the glorious reproduction of the material has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time. - Scoop