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The Art of Berkeley Breathed from Bloom County and Beyond
The Art of Berkeley Breathed from Bloom County and Beyond
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IDW PUBLISHING
Ted Adams, CEO & PublisherGreg Goldstein, President & COORobbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic ArtistChris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer & Editor-in-Chief
Matthew Ruzicka, CPA & Chief Financial OfficerAlan Payne, VP of SalesDirk Wood, VP of MarketingLorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services
www.idwpublishing.com
ISBN: 978-161377-651-3
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Printed in Korea
Art and annotations by Berkeley Breathed
Design by Serban Cristescu
Edited by Scott Dunbier
BERKELEYWORKS: THE ART OF BERKELEY BREATHED, FROMBLOOM COUNTY AND BEYOND. FIRST PRINTING. JULY 2013.Entire contents 2013 Berkeley Breathed. Published by IDW Publishing,a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial Offices: 5080Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109. All names, characters, andlocales are entirely fictional: Any similarities to persons living or deadis purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for reviewpurposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprintedwithout the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC.
Cover illustration: With apologies to Norman Rockwell andhis famous self-portrait of 1960
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Memo to: Scott Dunbier, Senior Editor for Special Projects, IDW Publishing
From: BB
Subject: FINAL NOTES ON BOOK
1. Files are all in. You put it all together. Im off the grid in Indonesia at the moment.
Some last-minute directives:
2. The title: I hate BERKELEYWORKS.Sounds like --
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The Arrival
Mars Needs Moms, 2007
Milo never heard the rocket engines in the night sky.
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Mom Succumbs
Mars Needs Moms, 2007
Then she breathed in the terrible air, closed her eyes and
became still.
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Aweless at the Movies: CG efx Overload
Los Angeles Times essay, 2008
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The Terrible Truth of the Milky Way
Goodnight Opus, 1993
There, all above us,six billion udders.
No cow dads around,just milky cow mudders.
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My Baby Grew Up in Hollywood
Los Angeles Times essay, 2011
My illustration of what happens to an authors work whenits sent off to Madam Hollywoods Fabulous Finishing School. In my case,the toddler was Mars Needs Moms. This was the most benign spin I couldtake regarding my personal thoughts on the matter. Or mess. bb
When Worlds Collide
Hollywood ReporteressayCant imagine what My Boys are
thinking. bb
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C-Mo Awakens
Something AboutC-Mo book project,2012
The blue-nosed straypanicked, went forhigher ground andcovered his privates
with a Christmas angel.
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Wee Willy Yodels Into the Great Unknown
Flawed Dogs movie concept art, 2010
Willy thought he heard an echo.
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