[Ronin]

"I phoned Berke Breathed – cartoonist who does Bloom County. He obviously thought I was calling to bitch about something, I called to thank him for the Sunday strip where he had Nancy in the strip looking lovely. He's sending me the original."

Now that's class.

I always found the original Bloom County to be a total hoot -- until it became all Opus all the time (yawn). I am glad Yahoo comics is carrying it as Bloom County classic.

[Wilhelm Tell]

I loved Bloom County. Outland was pretty funny, too. I remember one cartoon where the character Mortimer Mouse (kind of an evil Mickey Mouse) was introduced. Mortimer was this seedy, chain-smoking creature. That character was quickly discontinued because of pressure from Disney, if I remember correctly.

I thought Bill the Cat was a most original idea. One eye was always larger than the other and this give the character a rough, crazed, disfigured look. Instead of talking like the other animals or instead of saying "meow," Bill the Cat made this spitting sound. Very funny.

[marktwain]

Very, very classy. A lot of freepers could learn from his example. I will make a point to try to follow it.