Bloom County Continues in April
Volume Two of New York Times best-selling series by Berkeley Breathed features Ted Koppel introduction.
San Diego, CA (February 3, 2010) – The wildly successful return of Opus, Binkley, Bill the Cat and the entire cast of Bloom County continues in April with Bloom County: The Complete Library, Volume Two. Creator Berkeley Breathed
offers even more funny and insightful commentary than in the first
volume, while context pages help fans recapture the glory of the
1980’s. IDW is also expanding the series to include a limited edition
of the first volume, featuring a tipped-in bookplate signed by Breathed himself.
“In
the spirit of humiliating self-disclosure that has become so trendy of
late, I stuffed this volume with more embarrassing background stories
behind the cartoons. Drugs, sex and gunplay, it’s all there,” added Breathed.
Beginning with September 27, 1982, Bloom County: The Complete Library, Volume Two offers every daily and Sunday through July 1, 1984, most reproduced from Breathed’s personal archives of original art. Kicking off this second installment, renowned journalist Ted Koppel takes
readers on a brief journey back to the Reagan years and reflects on the
strips he shared with Opus in his introduction: "It’s come to this. I’m
the opening act for a penguin."
“Berkeley just turned in his margin comments for Volume Two,” said editor Scott Dunbier,
“and they are hysterically funny. One of the many things I love about
my job is that I get to read things like this—before any of you—and I
get PAID to do it!”
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume Two features the introduction of Binkley’s anxiety closet and boy genius Oliver Wendell Jones, as well as the fondly remembered death of the Bill the Cat storyline.
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume Two is published by IDW under its Eisner award-winning imprint, the Library of American Comics. Bloom County: The Complete Library series is edited by Dunbier and designed by Dean Mullaney.
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume Two (.99; 304 pages; hardcover) will be available in stores in April. Diamond order code FEB10 1005; ISBN 978-1600105838.
Bloom County: The Complete Library Volume One Limited Signed Edition (.00; 288 pages; hardcover; signed and numbered) will be available in stores in April. Diamond order code FEB10 1006; ISBN 978-1600107306.
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About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks,
based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of
licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most
successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The Transformers and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; Fox’s Angel; the BBC’s Doctor Who; and television’s #1 prime time series CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which
publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe!
Studios; and is the print publisher for ComicMix.
IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007
by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More
information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com.
About The Library of American Comics
The
Library of American Comics, an imprint of IDW Publishing, was
established in 2007 to preserve the long and jubilantly creative
history of the American newspaper comic strip in archival, hardcover
editions. To date, every LoAC release has been nominated for an Eisner
or Harvey Award and the imprint’s inaugural series, Terry and the Pirates,
won the Eisner in 2008. Creative and Editorial Director Dean Mullaney
has been an influential force in the comics field since 1978, when he
published the first graphic novel for the comics specialty market (Sabre by Don McGregor and Paul Gulacy). His pioneering efforts, as founder and publisher of Eclipse Comics,
brought about many milestones to the field, including creator copyright
ownership, the first line of Japanese manga in English translation in
1988, and the first digitally-colored comic book. More information
about The Library of American Comics can be found on IDW’s website and that of the imprint itself—www.libraryofamericancomics.com.
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