You know the deal...first one printed, second one not...

The following stuff was cut from the "Us Festival" series...




Presenting the unaltered version of the final strip in the book (though not the final of the year). When reprinted, this one was modified so that the final panel continued onto the last page--redrawn, and a lot bigger and grander. Clever idea; you wonder why most cartoonists can't think outside the box like that.


This one was in there. But it was referenced in a strip a week later that was not....


Bloom County scholars will note this lost strip uses a recycled gag from the strip's first year, only this time with Oliver's granddad in exchange for Major. They'll also note that this is the only time we ever even HEAR of Oliver having a granddad.


In the back of my mind for years, I seemed to remember a Bloom County strip where a kid crawled onto Santa Claus's lap and asked for drugs. I thought I was loony until now....I must have seen it in one of my dad's basement papers.


Edited! In the book version, Binkley mentions the new movie by name--"Star 80." I've never heard of it.


This one I also remember being in an old newspaper--and there really was no color in it, except for the last panel. Last appearance of Yaz Pistachio.

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