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Posted March 12, 2015
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htown1980: So Bloom County is good? I should buy this?

I have never heard of it (maybe because I am Australian?)
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undeadcow: Bloom County consists of cultural and American political satire; for example volume 9 features a bit about Donald Trump's brain being transplanted into a cat, Republican jokes, a jab at band-aids standing out on darker skinned people, etc. Some of the material from the original series is a bit dated and I'm not sure how culturally specific some of the references are but for the price there's probably enough that is universal to be fun (i.e. a jab at censorship). It's a good time capsule of cartoons I remember reading when I was younger that seems to have a cult following.

Trying the $1 tier seems like a safe bet.
Thanks for that, I do follow US politics quite closely (its much more fun than Australian politics - particularly pre Tony Abbott Australian politics) so I think I will enjoy it.

The beat the average tier might be a bit of a risk but I always like to pay more than $1, I think I'll pay $4, one for each book. :)
Posted March 12, 2015
By the way if you guys are on the fence about Bloom County, you can check it out here first:

http://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/1980/12/08

Be sure to support the creator if you like it.
Post edited March 12, 2015 by letsmaybeLP92
Posted March 12, 2015
Found my collections! I'm glad I bought the bundle, though. I hadn't recalled this, but my Bloom County collection is completely black and white. No color in the Sunday strips. Not to mention, it's very incomplete. Strips are skipped left and right. I'm also glad I bought it when I did. The price is now up to 21 freakin' 55!! I hope people who have twitter accounts are giving Humble a piece of their minds about this new pricing policy...

Complaints about the pricing scheme aside, the collection is really nice. Every few strips there's a commentary of some type from the author. Every strip also has the exact date that it was printed at the top right corner (even the basic month-day normally present in the daily strips was erased in my book collection). It can be very helpful in a strip about pop culture and politics to know exactly when it was printed. The jpgs in the first volume are ridiculously hi-res. Although there is a lot of white space for the occasional commentary and such, even still 7001X5115 is a pretty crazy high resolution. Thumbs up so far...
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Posted March 12, 2015
That average keeps going up, but I went ahead and bought it. I was pretty young when Bloom County was in the newspaper, so it went right over my head at the time. I hear nothing but good things, so I'm hoping that now that I'm older I'll appreciate it more!
Posted March 12, 2015
Hmm, I might read these just for the author's footnotes.
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Posted March 12, 2015
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htown1980: So Bloom County is good? I should buy this?

I have never heard of it (maybe because I am Australian?)
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undeadcow: Bloom County consists of cultural and American political satire; for example volume 9 features a bit about Donald Trump's brain being transplanted into a cat, Republican jokes, a jab at band-aids standing out on darker skinned people, etc. Some of the material from the original series is a bit dated and I'm not sure how culturally specific some of the references are but for the price there's probably enough that is universal to be fun (i.e. a jab at censorship). It's a good time capsule of cartoons I remember reading when I was younger that seems to have a cult following.

Trying the $1 tier seems like a safe bet.
im gonna skip it then
i dont follow american politics so most jokes will go over my head
Posted March 18, 2015
<span class="bold">Humble Post-Apocalyptic Book Bundle</span>

PWYW
A Gift Upon the Shore
Wasteland Vol. 1: Cities In Dust
After the End: Recent Apocalypses
Gather, Darkness!
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2010
Lightspeed Magazine, March 2013
Wool - Omnibus Edition (Audiobook)
Defiance (Game)

BTA
Futureland
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
The Massive Vol. 1: Black Pacific
Daybreak
The Wild Shore
Damnation Alley
The Bunker Vol. 1
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2014

$15
The End is Nigh
Parable of the Sower
The Strain Vol. 1

Unlike the previous bundles, this one will last two weeks and unlock more books in the second week.
Post edited March 25, 2015 by Grargar
Posted March 18, 2015
It's great for me to see a bit more comics of Dark Horse (The Massive, The Strain)
Posted March 18, 2015
Of Note: The Defiance stuff included in the bundle isn't a game per se, but rather a DLC pack for a free-to-play shooter MMO- as can be seen from the description.

Anyways, I'm not very interested in post apocalyptic stuff so pass...
Posted March 18, 2015
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Grargar: <span class="bold">Humble Post-Apocalyptic Book Bundle</span>

PWYW
A Gift Upon the Shore
Wasteland Vol. 1: Cities In Dust
After the End: Recent Apocalypses
Gather, Darkness!
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2010
Lightspeed Magazine, March 2013
Wool - Omnibus Edition (Audiobook)
Defiance (Game)

BTA
Futureland
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall
The Massive Vol. 1: Black Pacific
Daybreak
The Wild Shore
Damnation Alley

$15
The End is Nigh
Parable of the Sower
The Strain Vol. 1

Unlike the previous bundles, this one will last two weeks and unlock more books in the second week.
Also, the BTA+$5 tier is gone with the fixed $15 tier returning to great applause...
Posted March 18, 2015
Just because it's slightly content-related: there's a Time Travel bundle on StoryBundle with a couple more issues of the Lightspeed magazine.
Posted March 18, 2015
high rated
A pretty solid bundle, imo. I've been trying to avoid the book bundles recently, rather unsuccessfully...
Posted March 18, 2015
Yes, I'm looking hard at that Storybundle batch. Kind of hoping it will go away by itself, before I go and buy it.
Posted March 21, 2015
Will get the Time Travel Bundle, maybe. Time Travel is cool :D
Posted March 22, 2015
Storybundle have nice bundles, but I don't have that sort of disposable income
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