Berkeley Breathed — Heir To The Empire
Bloom County Sunday Strip, July 1,1984
The Empire rebuilt itself and came back more powerful than ever: The plot of the latest Star Wars Trilogy, or Berkeley Breathed’s prescient look at a well-known mega-corp. 35 years ago?
Star Wars. ATT. Donald Trump. Ruppert Murdoch. Et al. Bloom County may have disappeared for a bit, but many of his frequent satirical topics most definitely did not.
So we might be done with one Empire this week, but the other one is not going anywhere for a while.
The Force is with us indeed. Just a different one than Mr. Lucas imagined.
