'Bloom County' Revived With First New Comic Strip in 25 Years

After a decades-long break, Opus and the gang are heading back to “Bloom County.”

Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, who created the highly popular comic strip, revived his brainchild on Monday, publishing the first new “Bloom County” strip since 1989 on his Facebook page.

The new offering, under the banner “Bloom County 2015,” features Opus the penguin waking up from a slumber and asking still-young Milo Bloom, “Hoo boy! That was some nap!! How long was I out, Milo?”

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“25 years,” Bloom responds, to a disbelieving Opus, who checks the contents of his underwear for proof of the passage of time.

Breathed, whose original “Bloom County” ran from 1980 to 1989, revealed to his Facebook audience that he was working on a new strip on Sunday, with a photo of him in front of a computer screen bearing a mostly blank template for the cartoon panel.

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“A return after 25 years. Feels like going home,” Breathed wrote.

The cartoon, which also included near-catatonic feline Bill the Cat, was enormously popular during its initial run, appearing in more than 1,000 newspapers and earning Breathed a Pulitzer Prize.

The news pleased some famous fans, including author Neil Gaiman, who tweeted, “Be still my happy heart!”

BLOOM COUNTY 2015? Be still my happy heart! https://t.co/HFbPMWbp2n

— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) July 13, 2015

The Scene at 2015 Comic-Con (Updating Photos)

Actor Hugh Jackman from "Pan" attends the Warner Bros. presentation during Comic-Con
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Actress Ginnifer Goodwin speaks onstage at the "Once Upon a Time" panel during Comic-Con
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Actresses Emma Roberts and Lea Michele attend the 20th Century Fox party during Comic-Con at Andaz Hotel
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Actors John Corbett, John Ales, Elizabeth Gillies, Robert Kelly, Denis Leary and Elaine Hendrix attend the 20th Century Fox party during Comic-Con at Andaz Hotel
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Actress Keke Palmer attends the 20th Century Fox party during Comic-Con
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Actors Wilmer Valderrama, Laura Regan, Stark Sands and Meagan Good attend the 20th Century Fox party during Comic-Con at Andaz Hotel
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Moderator Chris Hardwick, producer Kathleen Kennedy, director J.J. Abrams, screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan and actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford at the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" panel during Comic-Con
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Director J.J. Abrams and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan at the Hall H Panel for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
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Actor Adam Driver at the :Star Wars: The Force Awakens" panel during Comic-Con
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Actors Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford at the Hall H Panel for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" during Comic-Con
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Director J.J. Abrams, producer Kathleen Kennedy and more than 6,000 fans enjoy a surprise "Star Wars" Fan Concert performed by the San Diego Symphony, featuring the classic "Star Wars" music of composer John Williams, at the Embarcadero Marina Park South
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More than 6,000 fans enjoy the "Star Wars" Fan Concert at Comic-Con
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"Mr. Robot" actor Rami Malek attends Playboy and Gramercy Pictures' "Self/less" party during Comic-Con
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The Playboy and Gramercy Pictures' "Self/less" party during Comic-Con weekend at Parq
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Guests attend Playboy and Gramercy Pictures' "Self/less" party during Comic-Con weekend at Parq
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Actors Connor Weil, Willa Fitzgerald, Amadeus Serafini, John Karna and Bella Thorne attend the "Scream" press room during Comic-Con at the Hilton Bayfront
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Actresses Wendi McLendon-Covey and Eliza Taylor speak onstage at TV Guide Magazine: Fan Favorites during Comic-Con
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Actor Wilmer Valderrama speaks onstage at the "Minority Report" panel during Comic-Con
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Actors Tara Reid, Ian Ziering and Cassie Scerbo attend the "Sharknado 3 party during Comic-Con at Hotel Solamar
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Model-actress Carmen Electra attends the "Sharknado 3" party during Comic-Con
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Actor Robert Buckley at the "iZombie" special video presentation during Comic-Con
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Ricky Whittle and Lindsey Morgan at "The 100" Comic-Con panel
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Executive producer Carolyn Strauss, actors Conleth Hill and Maisie Williams speak onstage at the "Game of Thrones" panel during Comic-Con
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Judy Greer outside of the "Teen Wolf" press room at Comic-Con
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"The 100" costars Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood pose together at Comic-Con
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Producer Gotham Chopra and filmmaker Morgan Spurlock attend Geeks For Peace
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Actor Alexander Ludwig attends The Nintendo Lounge on the TV Guide Magazine yacht during Comic-Con
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Actress Kristen Schaal attends The Nintendo Lounge on the TV Guide Magazine yacht during Comic-Con
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Actor Daniel Radcliffe and professional boxer Mike Tyson attend the Getty Images Portrait Studio at Hard Rock Hotel
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Actors Andrew Lincoln and Steven Yeun speak at AMC's "The Walking Dead" panel during Comic-Con
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Actress Danai Gurira speaks onstage at AMC's "The Walking Dead" panel during Comic-Con
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Actors Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham and Gwendoline Christie speak at the "Game of Thrones" panel during Comic-Con
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Norman Reedus speaking at "The Walking Dead" panel at Comic-Con

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Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth in the Lionsgate press room at Comic-Con 2015

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Willow Shields, who plays Primrose Everdeen in "The Hunger Games," at Lionsgate's press room at Comic-Con 2015
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"Hunger Games" director Francis Lawrence in the Lionsgate press room at Comic-Con 2015

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Elijah Wood attends the Lionsgate press room at Comic-Con 2015

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Halle Berry speak onstage during CBS TV Studios' panel for "Extant" at Comic-Con

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Elaine Hendrix ("The Parent Trap") attends FOX International Studios' Comic-Con party

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Robert Patrick at the CBS Television Studios press room at Comic-Con

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Actress Jenna Coleman attends BBC America’s "Doctor Who" photo call at Comic-Con

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Actors Garret Dillahunt, Elizabeth Sarah McLaughlin, creator Ben Watkins, actors Ron Perlman, Alona Tal, Emayatzy E. Corinealdi and Julian Morris attend Amazon Original Series "Hand of God" Panel And Signing on July 9, 2015

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Actors Rhona Mitra, Travis Van Winkle, Marissa Neitling and Jocko Sims attend TNT's "The Last Ship" Press Room during Comic-Con International on July 9, 2015

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