FOX Entertainment will produce the animated series of Berkeley Breathed's “Bloom County” comic

The acclaimed comic Bloom County, created and written by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, screenwriter, producer and children's book author Berkeley Breathed, was developed as an animated series by FOX Entertainment, its Emmy Award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment, Miramax, Spyglass Media Group and Project X Entertainment.

Co-written and produced by Breathed, Bloom County centers on a passed out lawyer, a lobotomized cat and a penguin in panties and fruit headdress who live in the world's last guesthouse in the world's most forgotten place, deep in the wilds of the FlyWayWayOver country dandelion. Namely, America today at a glance.

Bento Box will serve as the animation studio for the project. Miramax, Spyglass and Project X will also be executive producers.

Bloom County originates from the first comic published by Breathed, The Academia Waltz, which appeared in its student newspaper The Daily Texan. The comic soon attracted the attention of Washington Post editors, who recruited Breathed to do a nationwide syndicated strip. Bloom County made its debut in 1980, appearing in more than 1.200 newspapers around the world, until its end in 1989. Shortly thereafter, Breathed began the Outland and Opus strips, which featured both Bloom County characters. In 2015, Breathed began posting new Bloom County strips via Facebook almost every day.

“At the end of Alien, we saw the tender Sigourney Weaver fall asleep for a long, peaceful nap in a cryogenic hyper-sleep after being chased by a salivating maniac, only to be woken decades later in a world FULL of far worse. FOX and I did the same thing to Opus and the rest of the Bloom County gang, may they forgive us, ”said Breathed.

Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, FOX Entertainment, added, “I was introduced to the splendor of Berkeley Breathed and Bloom County as a teenager. His signature blend of satire, politics and sentiment captivated me. Also, I love Opus. Today, Berkeley's clever and hilarious take on American culture is more relevant than ever. And, together with Bento Box, we are thrilled to bring its unique set of characters and social commentary to television broadcasts. "

Breathed is a cartoonist and children's book author best known for his comics Bloom County, Outland and Opus. He is also a screenwriter, set designer and producer of films that date back 30 years. His most recent project is Aniventure's film production of his story, HITPIG!, Scheduled for this year.

Breathed began his career drawing editorial cartoons for the Austin American-Statesman. While a student at the University of Texas, Breathed self-published his first comic, which ultimately led to the creation of Bloom County, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize for editorial comic in 1987. Breathed went on to produce 10 picture books. for children. Two were made into animated films and another was made into the 2011 motion capture film Mars Needs Moms.

FOX Entertainment's animated comedy slate produced by Bento Box includes Emmy-winning hit Bob's Burgers and new series Duncanville, The Great North and housebroken, which recently joined record-breaking series The Simpsons. FOX is also working on new content featuring Gumby, Catlan McClelland and Matthew Schlissel's Grimsburg (ordered for 2023), Victoria Vincent's Dirt Girls (under development), Flintstones adult comedy Bedrock (with WB Animation & Elizabeth Banks) and Dan Harmon's NFT-backed Greek mythology sendup Krapopolis (coming soon).