Berkeley Breathed Creates The Force Awakens Parody

Bloom County Creator Mocks Star Wars

Revered creator of Bloom County, Berkeley Breathed, has drawn a satirical rendition of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster, packed with characters from his own comic strip.

Berkeley Breathed

Berkeley Breathed

Known for his satire, Breathed revived his Bloom County strip after a major hiatus earlier this year, to much acclaim. Bloom County earned Breathed the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987. 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.”

While the artist usually expends his creative energy taking a pop at the likes of political figures like Donald Trump, Breathed took time to poke fun at the enormous hype of The Force Awakens.

Check out Breathed’s full poster for Dork Wars: Adulthood Takes a Nap, featuring the likes of Bloom County’s Opus, Steve Dallas and Bill the Cat as Rey, Kylo Renn as a Stormtrooper, respectively, below:

You can keep up with the new Bloom County over on Breathed’s Facebook Berkeley Breathed Facebook

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