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Return Of Bloom County. Sorta

Posted by Hemos on from the watch-it-from-the-beginning dept.

Slartibartfast writes "According to mycomicspage.com, the entirety of Bloom County will be re-published on their site, starting St. Paddy's day, and at a "highly accelerated" rate of one week every two days, until the entire strip is up. In addition -- an extra-special bonus for us Berke Breathed fans -- his college predecessor, Academic Waltz, will also be run. One caveat: it's subscription-based. However, for $10, I'd call it a huge bargain. I'm signing up."

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  1. Already signed up - Calvin & Hobbes too! by Randar+the+Lava+Liza · · Score: 5, Informative

    I read an article about this last week, and checked out the site. It's a really great idea. Not only can you view these online, but you can setup daily emails with as many of these comics as you'd like. There's also a "collection" feature where you can virtually clip comics to save in as many libraries as you'd like.

    Not only do they have Bloom County and will soon have Outland, but they have Calvin & Hobbes as well! $10/year is a pretty good deal for all these great comics. Color me convinced!

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    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin
  2. Re:Target demographic: 28-38 by Finni · · Score: 5, Informative

    Cutter John was in the wheelchair (typically playing the role of Captain Kirk), NOT Steve Dallas, who typically had little patience for that kind of play. Especially when they removed his transmission from his 'vette. . .

  3. Actual cost: $50 by DeadSea · · Score: 5, Informative
    The subscription of $10 is for one year. They say there are 15 years of comics and they will be released at a rate of one week every 2 days. That means that it will take 4.3 years to get through all of them and by the end you will have paid $50.

    Number of comics = (15 Years of comics) * (365 comics / year) = 5475 comics.

    Release rate = (7 Comics / 2 Days) * (365 days / year) = 1277 comics/year.

    Release time = (5475 comics) / (1277 comics/year) = 4.3 years

    Cost = (4.3 years) * ($10 / year) = $50 (assuming you can't pay for part of a year)

  4. You're dead wrong. by Slartibartfast · · Score: 5, Informative

    One thing I didn't put in the article -- 'cause I didn't know until today -- was that they are posting _EVERYTHING_. In other words, today is the first time I've seen a new Bloom County strip in 14 years. Phrased yet another way, in case you never noticed, the anthologies were incomplete. This re-posting -is- complete. For example, in the first book, notice that there were no Sunday strips? I'm dying to see my first new Sunday strip tomorrow...