His Kisses Are Dreamy...but Those Hairballs Down My Cleavage...!: Another Tender Outland Collection

by Berkeley Breathed

Somewhere 'twixt' the equally demanding responsibilities of creating children's literature and running over elderly pedestrians, Berkeley Breathed has found time to create his Sunday 'Outland' funnies featuring the venerable Opus and Bill, which explains this valuable second collection of said works. Enjoy.

Genres: Comics, Humor, Fiction, Comic Strips, Cartoon, Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels

96 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1994

About the author

Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed is an American 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.

Reviews

[Ed Erwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still as fun as ever! While BB's comics often refer to political situations, the references are skewed just enough that they could be about today's scandals as much as about the ones from 25 years ago. When they were discussing issues related to a US presidential election, I had trouble for a while figuring out which one they were discussing. The same issues re-occur perennially in slightly different forms.

This collection includes a famous strip that was used as an excuse to have Outland ousted from many newspapers.

"Men should pause for one moment and take another long hard look at the very thing that brings meaning to their meaningless lives."

[Jeremy Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

More Bill and Opus. Ack!

[Shanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read these comics when I was a teen and they were "printed" in a "newspaper" which was "delivered" to our home. Some of the political humor is weirdly relevant to today's shenanigans, which goes to show some things never change. Some of the misogynistic humor didn't age well for me. Mostly just a nostalgia experience.

[Laurel Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clever and fun to read 25+ years after it was written.

[Ronald Wilcox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent collection of daily newspaper cartoons about a penguin (Opus) and his friends trying to adjust to the changing mores and the political climate of the mid-1990’s.

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Change a few names and the strips are just as pertinent today.

[Tori · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a huge fan of Berkley Breathed and Bill the Cat. If you are, too, then you should, at the very least, read this book...but you really should own it.

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus · Rating 5 out of 5]

another classic

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do not enjoy these as much as the bloom county series but still funny. Recommended

[Meadow · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hazel picked this one.