(1989)

Little, Brown, 1989 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
7.95 USD; 9.95 CAD
Pages
102
On-sale Date
1989
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Brand
LB Little, Brown
ISBN
0-316-10738-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780316107389 90000
Editing
Jeanne Abboud (Design)
Color
Color cover; Black and White interior with Color Sections
Dimensions
10" x 9"
Paper Stock
Cardstock cover; Matte interior
Binding
trade paperback
Publishing Format
Collected Edition

Issue Notes

Cover title is "Bloom County presents The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos Featuring Smell-o-Toons".

Seventh volume in a series of "Bloom County" newspaper reprint books.

Library of Congress Catalog number: 89-1222.

Printed in the U.S.A.

The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos (Table of Contents)

Bloom County / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Berke Breathed
Inks
Berke Breathed
Colors
Berke Breathed
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Opus

[blank page] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page (no other text).

Bloom County Books by Berke Breathed (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos (Table of Contents: 4)

Bloom County / filler / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Berke Breathed
Inks
Berke Breathed
Letters
typeset

Characters
Opus

Indexer Notes

Illustrated title page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Indicia and Library of Congress cataloging information.

Critic's Page (Table of Contents: 6)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gregory Peck
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Quote from actor Gregory Peck regarding the comic strip.

[blank page] (Table of Contents: 7)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


[The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos] (Table of Contents: 8)

Bloom County / comic story / 85 pages (report information)

Script
Berke Breathed
Pencils
Berke Breathed
Inks
Berke Breathed
Colors
?
Letters
Berke Breathed

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
Characters
Opus; Milo Bloom; Bill the Cat; Steve Dallas; Michael Binkley; Tom Binkley (Michael's father); Frank Jones; Oliver W. Jones; Milquetoast the Cockroach; Spuds Mackenzie; Portnoy; Ronald-Ann; Hodge-Podge; Elvis Presley; Rosebud the Baselope; Cutter John; Nancy (cameo); Pogo (cameo);
Synopsis
Bill the Cat and Opus are running for President and Vice-President in the 1988 election.
Reprints
  • from Bloom County (Washington Post Writers Group) newspaper strips from 1987? to 1988.

Indexer Notes

Three daily strips per page in black and white. Two Sunday strips per page in color. Sundays not run in order with dailies.

The World's First Smell-o-Toons (Table of Contents: 9)

Bloom County / insert or dust jacket / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Berke Breathed
Pencils
Berke Breathed
Inks
Berke Breathed
Letters
Berke Breathed

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Opus

Indexer Notes

Inserted between numbered pages 74 and 75. An illustrated page with an "aroma strip" on one side. Reverse is blank. Black and white; slick paper.

[blank pages] (Table of Contents: 10)

blank page(s) / 6 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Last five interior pages and inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bloom County / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos
    Bloom County
  2. 1. [blank page]
  3. 2. The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos
  4. 3. Bloom County Books by Berke Breathed
  5. 4. The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos
    Bloom County
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Critic's Page
  8. 7. [blank page]
  9. 8. [The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos]
    Bloom County
  10. 9. The World's First Smell-o-Toons
    Bloom County
  11. 10. [blank pages]
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Bloom County
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk