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Berkeley ("Berke") Breathed (last name rhymes with "method") (born June 21, 1957) is a cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director and screenwriter, best known for Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip which dealt with socio-political issues, as seen through the eyes of highly exaggerated characters (e.g. Bill the Cat and Opus the Penguin) and humorous analogies. Berkeley Breathed - Early life. Breathed was born on June 21, 1957, in Encino, California. He went to Westchester High Sch ...

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In addition to his syndicated cartoon work, which has produced eleven best-selling cartoon collections, he has also produced five children's books, two of which, A Wish for Wings That Work and Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big were made into animated works. Since 1992, he has designed a greeting card and gift ensemble collection for American Greetings, featuring the Bloom County characters Opus, Bill the Cat and Milquetoast the cockroach. Breathed's writing has also been featured in numerous publications including Life, Boa ...

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His first regularly published strip was Academia Waltz which appeared in the Daily Texan in 1978. The strip attracted the editors of the Washington Post who recruited him to do a nationally syndicated strip. On December 8, 1980, Bloom County made its debut, and featured some of the characters from Academia Waltz including former frat-boy Steve Dallas and the paralyzed Vietnam war veteran Cutter John. In the beginning, the strip's style was so close to that of another popular strip, Doonesbury, that creator Garry Trudeau wrot ...

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In 1986, Berkeley broke his back in an ultralight-plane crash and almost lost his right arm to a boat propeller. Breathed and his wife, wildlife photographer and psychotherapist, Jody Boyman, and their daughter Sophie live in Southern California. He is reportedly a very private person, and although he has given interviews to on-line magazines such as The Onion and Salon, he has rarely given face-to-face or telephone interviews and resists talking about himself. He and his wife support animal rights and his book Flawed Dogs: The Year End Leftovers at the Piddleton 'Las ...

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Berkeley Breathed, Berkeley Breathed - Early life, Berkeley Breathed - Cartooning career, Berkeley Breathed - Other works, Berkeley Breathed - Personal life, Berkeley Breathed - Books, Berkeley Breathed - Awards

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