Billy and the Boingers Bootleg [Bloom County] #[nn]

In "Billy and the Boingers," Berke Breathed delivers a surreal, satirical slice of Bloom County life, where the town’s oddball residents don a mysterious "Deathtongue" uniform and the line between parody and prophecy blurs. With his signature black-and-white artwork and sharp wit, Breathed crafts a world where even the most absurd moments feel eerily real—complete with faux quotes from The Edge and Tammy Faye Bakker, all rendered in grayscale airbrush on a stark mountain backdrop. The cover, by Breathed himself, captures the mood perfectly: a surreal, shadowed landscape where the cast’s costumes seem both costume and curse.