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==''Bloom County'' books==
Like many other popular comic strips, ''Bloom County'' has been republished in various [[Comics collection|collections]]. By 2004, the comic strip was reprinted in 11 books, the first having been published in 1983 and the last in that year. None of the reprints contained complete runs of the strip, although ''Bloom County Babylon'' contained many of the strips that preceded ''[[Loose Tails]]''.  All of the daily strips have been reprinted in ''[[Comics Revue]]'' magazine.

[[IDW Publishing]] published ''The Bloom County Library'', a five volume hardback [[Comics collection|collection]] of all ''Bloom County'' strips, beginning in October 2009.  This series is part of their ''Library of American Comics'' series.<ref>[http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/252/ IDW Press Release] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208125617/http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/252/ |date=February 8, 2009 }}</ref>  It is a complete reprint of the strip, including side notes about cultural and political references made in the strip, "Headlines" breaks to identify the top stories of the day, and commentary from Breathed. Each volume has three separate releases: a standard edition, a signed edition, and a signed, remarked edition. Breathed said that the reason why the strips printed in ''The Bloom County Library'' were not published in previous collections was that the publisher would not let Breathed publish 400 pages each year, so Breathed had to reduce the content in each book. Breathed also said that he believes that, "I just closed my eyes and dropped a dart on the ones to be included." He felt relieved the publishers did not "have to ask ... to do this again."<ref name="ICv2int"/>

On October 25, 2017, IDW published ''Bloom County: Real, Classy, & Compleat: 1980-1989'', collecting the complete run of ''Bloom County'' in two volumes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.idwpublishing.com/bring-the-complete-bloom-county-home-today/ |date=October 25, 2017 |title=Bring The Complete Bloom County Home Today |author=Staff writer |website=IDW |publisher=IDW Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026194329/https://www.idwpublishing.com/bring-the-complete-bloom-county-home-today/ |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> An "Ultimate Collectors Set" was also released, including the original art from a daily strip featuring Opus, a page from Breathed's sketchbooks, and a personalized sketch of Opus on the slipcover.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/09/19/berke-breatheds-new-complete-bloom-county-set-costs-1200-heres/ |date=September 17, 2017 |title=Berke Breathed's New Complete 'Bloom County' Set Costs $1200 – Here's Why |last=Johnston |first=Rich |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |publisher=[[Avatar Press]]}}</ref>

===Collections===
* ''[[Loose Tails]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Toons for Our Times]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Bloom County Babylon|Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness]]'' (1986)—An omnibus featuring strips from the previous three collections, early strips from 1980-1981 and most of those released in 1985 (unavailable in other collections)
* ''[[Billy and the Boingers Bootleg]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Tales Too Ticklish to Tell]]'' (1988)
* ''[[The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos]]'' (1989)
* ''Happy Trails!'' (1990)
* ''Classics of Western Literature'' (1990)—An omnibus featuring strips from the previous four collections with a sampler of " Academia Waltz " strips
* ''One Last Little Peek, 1980–1995: The Final Strips, the Special Hits, the Inside Tips'' (1995) - A collection of strips from bonus ''Bloom County'' and ''Outland'' reprints with commentary by Breathed
* ''Opus: 25 Years of His Sunday Best'' (2004)—An omnibus featuring strips from ''Bloom County'','' Outland'', and ''Opus''
* ''Bloom County Episode XI: A New Hope'' (2016)
* ''Bloom County: The Real, Classy, & Compleat 1980–1989'' (2017)
* ''Bloom County Brand Spanking New Day'' (2017)
* ''Bloom County Best Read on the Throne'' (2018)

===The Complete Bloom County Library===

''[[Bloom County: The Complete Library]]'', published by [[The Library of American Comics]], an imprint of [[IDW Publishing]], between 2009 and 2012. Collects the complete ''Bloom County'' as well as ''Outland'' and ''Opus''.