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Berkeley Breathed (Guy Berkeley Breathed) was born on 21 June, 1957 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, U.S., is an American cartoonist and author (born 1957). Discover Berkeley Breathed's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 21 June, 1957
Birthday 21 June
Birthplace Encino, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Heather Standish Wright (m. 2015), Jody Boyman (m. 1986–2012)

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1957

Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (born June 21, 1957) is an American cartoonist, children's book author, director, and screenwriter, known for his comic strips Bloom County, Outland, and Opus.

1978

His first comic strip published regularly was The Academia Waltz, which appeared in the Daily Texan, in 1978 while he was a student at the University of Texas.

During his time at the University of Texas, Breathed self-published two collections of The Academia Waltz, using the profits to pay his tuition.

The comic strip attracted the notice of the editors of The Washington Post, who recruited him to do a nationally syndicated strip.

1980

On December 8, 1980, Bloom County made its debut.

It featured some of the characters from Academia Waltz, including former frat-boy Steve Dallas and the paraplegic Vietnam war veteran Cutter John.

At its start, the strip's style was so similar to that of another popular strip, Doonesbury, that Doonesbury's creator Garry Trudeau wrote to Breathed several times to indicate their similarities.

Breathed has acknowledged that he borrowed liberally from Doonesbury during his early career.

In the Outland collection One Last Little Peek, Breathed even put an early Bloom County side by side with the Doonesbury comic strip from which it obviously took its idea.

1987

Bloom County earned Breathed the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1987.

Born in Encino, California, but raised in Houston, Texas, Breathed attended Westchester High School in Houston.

Breathed was first published when he was hired part-time by the Austin American-Statesman to draw editorial cartoons for the newspaper.

This job was short-lived; he was dismissed shortly after one of his cartoons (about a busing order imposed on the local school system) caused outrage.

Bloom County earned Breathed the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning during 1987.

1989

The strip eventually appeared in over 1,200 newspapers around the world until Breathed retired the daily strip in 1989, stating that he wanted to terminate the strip while it was still popular.

At that time, he said, "A good comic strip is no more eternal than a ripe melon. The ugly truth is that in most cases, comics age less gracefully than their creators".

Breathed replaced the strip with the surreal Sunday-only cartoon Outland in 1989, which reused some of the Bloom County characters, including Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat.

1991

Two were made into the animated films: A Wish for Wings That Work (Amblin Television/Universal Cartoon Studios, 1991) and Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (Nickelodeon Movies, 2000); one was made into the motion-capture film Mars Needs Moms (Disney, 2011).

Another animated film; Hitpig, which Breathed himself loosely adapted from his book Pete and Pickles, was produced by Aniventure, and is set for a 2024 release.

Breathed's writing has also been featured in numerous publications, including Life, Boating, and Travel and Leisure.

1992

Starting in 1992, he designed a greeting card and gift ensemble collection for American Greetings, featuring the "Bloom County" characters Opus, Bill the Cat, and Milquetoast the Cockroach.

1995

He ended Outland in 1995.

2003

In 2003, Breathed began the comic strip Opus, a Sunday-only strip featuring Opus the Penguin, who was one of the main characters of Bloom County.

2007

Several newspapers chose not to run the August 26, 2007, Opus cartoon because it might offend Muslims.

2008

On October 6, 2008, Breathed announced plans to discontinue all work on comic strips with the final Opus strip to run on November 2, 2008.

Breathed planned to focus on writing children's books.

Breathed explained that he felt that the United States was going to face "tough times", and that he wanted to end the saga of his most memorable character "on a lighter note".

The last Opus comic strip appeared on schedule, but in what may be a comic first, the final panel required an online link.

The final panel of the strip showed Opus sleeping peacefully in the bed depicted in the classic children's book, Goodnight Moon.

This panel was available only online, and the Humane Society of the United States page that displayed it was later removed.

Breathed said that he had no regrets in leaving political cartooning, as he believed the atmosphere became too bitter for him to make quality cartoons.

2015

In July 2015 Breathed hinted at a return to the strip when he posted a photo to Facebook of him at his computer, starting a cartoon entitled "Bloom County 2015".

He added: "A return after 25 years. Feels like going home."

The strip was later posted to Facebook.

2016

(In 2016, "2015" was dropped from the new strip's name.)

In 2021, Breathed penned a series of strips featuring characters from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes.

Panels featured Watterson's Calvin as Spaceman Spiff and Hobbes the Tiger.

2018

He has subsequently been posting new Bloom County strips via Facebook on an almost-daily basis, as of January 2018.

Breathed's syndicated and Facebook cartoon work has produced at least thirteen cartoon anthology books, as of January 2018.

As of January 2018, Breathed has produced ten children's picture books.