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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1986
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Book List in Order: 28 titles



  • "This first big ""bible"" of Bloom County includes comics from the earlier collections: Loose Tails, ''Toons for Our Times and Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things. Eighty full-color pages including the wonderful Opus ""hairy fishnuts/Hare Krishnas"" s...




  • Opus the penguin decides to leave routine behind and launches into a night-time adventure. Opus has always listened quietly while Grandma reads him his favourite bedtime story. But this time Opus decides to finish the story his way....



  • Using glowing, hypnotic images and a funny, provocative text, the narrator relives his father's most amazing childhood Christmas. A moody young boy living with his aunt on an island, "Red" Breathed sees himself as the "Red Ranger from Mars", his hero...



  • Edwurd Fudwupper spends all his time cooking up big fibs. But one day, he tells such a humdinger that the army, the air force and the dog catcher are called to try to reverse the damage wrought. An unlikely heroine comes to his rescue....





  • Fannie Fudwupper's big brother, Edwurd, spends his time cooking up big fibs full of phooey and letting them rip. But one day, Edwurd tells such a whopping lie that the army, the air force, and the dogcatcher are called to reverse the damage. Full col...



  • Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley Breathed offers his sixth annual publication of the fictional Last Chance Dog Pound in Piddleton, Vermont. The cartoons feature the world's most unadoptable dogs, as well as their original, dissatisfied owners....



  • Milo doesn't get it: What's the big deal about moms? They're just slave-driving broccoli bullies. Yet they are worshipped the world over! Perhaps even the galaxy over-because here come Martians and they're after one thing only: moms. Milo's mom in pa...






  • From one of the funniest minds -- and pens -- of our time, at last, the definitive collection of the very best of Opus, everyones favorite maladjusted penguin.One of Americas most beloved comic geniuses is back, with this collectible 25th anniversary...



  • Pete is a perfectly predictable, practical, uncomplicated pig. At least, he was . . . before a runaway circus elephant named Pickles stampeded into his life, needing a friend. Pickles is larger than life and overflowing with imagination. She takes Pe...



  • The Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Bloom County and Opus delivers a humorous and heartwarming illustrated novel for kids and dog-lovers of any age!"Breathed, through words and lush illustrations, tells a story that will charm many readers."--The N...



  • Berkeley Breathed is known to comic-strip lovers as the hilarious creator of Bloom County and its quirky denizens Opus, Bill the Cat Milo Bloom, Steve Dallas, Cutter John and more. He is also renowned for his touching children's books like Mars Needs...



  • Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from December 8, 1980, through December 31, 1981, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in Decem...



  • Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1984, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in Decemb...



  • Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from January 1, 1985, through December 31, 1985, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in Decemb...



  • Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from January 1, 1986, through December 31, 1986, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in Decemb...



  • Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from January 1, 1987, through December 31, 1987, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in Decemb...



  • Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from January 1, 1988, through December 31, 1988, in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic scene in Decemb...






  • Specially formatted digital edition! Collecting every strip from January 1, 1989, through August 6, 1989 (the last strip), in chronological order, with a new cover insert by Breathed. Berkeley Breathed’s Bloom County burst onto the American comic s...



  • Berkeley Breathed is known as the creator of the wildly popular and influential comic strip Bloom County, and, in particular, for his most iconic character Opus. Over the course of a little more than eight years Bloom County was one of the best selli...



  • The Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the "Bloom County" comic strip is back! To help celebrate, here is the first ever Bloom County picture book, featuring fan-favorite Bill the Cat! (Ack ack!) Almost thirty-five years ago Berkeley Breathed launc...



  • OPUS AWAKENS!

    In 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed began (without warning!) producing ALL-NEW Bloom County strips—for the first time in more than 25 years! Breathed released the new Bloom County strips exclusively...



  • Berkeley Breathed is the award-winning cartoonist best known for his immensely popular Bloom County newspaper comic strip, as well as two follow-ups, Outland and Opus. But if you think Berkeley Breathed is only about a fanciful penguin and his whimsi...



  • The blowhard-skewering saga continues, with all-new, never-before-printed strips featuring everyone''s favorite penguin and all the other quirky denizens of the magical land called Bloom County.

    This second volume from the strip''s 2015 relaun...



  • Collecting year three of the Bloom County relaunch begun in 2015! The stakes are higher, the punchlines are sharper, and the laughter is more desperate!

    Bloom County: Best Read On The Throne picks up right where the previous volume left off. W...



  • The Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of one of the most cherished and fondly remembered comic strips of all time showcases his art in this deluxe oversized edition.

    Berkeley Breathed''s Bloom County was the most popular comic strip of its day. Y...



  • All the humor, all the characters, all in one series of books! Whether you're new to the series or an old fan, this is the perfect opportunity to collect one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips of all time!Running from Decem...


Award-Winning Books by Berkeley Breathed

The Shocking Raid on Westminster
2010 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award -- Children's Literature


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Berkeley Breathed has published 28 books.

Berkeley Breathed does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Bloom County Library, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County Babylon, was published in September 1986.

No. Berkeley Breathed does not write books in series.