Editing Bloom County (section)

===Other characters===
*[[Bobbi Harlow]] is the feminist schoolteacher of Milo and Binkley and the love interest of both Steve and Cutter. She was a major character from her introduction in April 1981 until mid-1982, in which her role largely dissipates into that of Cutter John's sporadically appearing girlfriend, thus catalyzing her eventual disappearance by July 1983. She appears only once in the strip's later years, when Opus learns she has joined the crew of ''[[The Phil Donahue Show]]''.  In August 1981, her parents visited, and met Steve, whom they disliked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/1981/08/07 |title=Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for August 07, 1981 |publisher=GoComics |date= |accessdate=2022-08-31}}</ref>
*Quiche Lorraine, cousin of Bobbi Harlow and one-time girlfriend of Steve Dallas circa 1982.  She was only dating Steve because of his body and dumped him after an accident left him in a full-body cast.
*Cozy Fillerup, single mother and love interest to Cutter John. She was introduced in the 2015 revival of the strip when Cutter John and crew ran over her with his wheelchair, the "''Aluminium Falcon''".
*Abby Fillerup, Cozy's sole daughter. She was introduced in the 2015 revival of the strip. She practices yoga, acupuncture, and other [[New Age]] beliefs. As her introduction is quite recent, her importance and involvement with the future of the strip is unknown. She has been seen to participate in the gang's pop culture fantasies, and is often seen engaging in antics with the main cast.
*Tom Binkley, Binkley's father, usually distraught over his son's behavior, his own divorce or mid-life crisis.
*Frank Jones, Oliver's father, who funds his son's scientific endeavors, particularly his cure for [[baldness]] made from cat-sweat nicknamed "Scalp Tonic".
*Eleanor Jones, Oliver's mother, distrustful of technology and science, usually with good reason.
*[[Lola Granola]], a free-spirited and gentle [[hippie]] who experiments with [[green politics]] and [[vegetarianism]]. She and Opus had a long engagement, but were married only seconds before Opus was knocked unconscious while clumsily trying to kiss her and had a nightmare of his future which caused him to annul the marriage the instant he woke up.
*Milquetoast the Cockroach: an eloquent yet disgusting cockroach living in the boarding house, he secretly uses [[subliminal messaging]] (usually in the form of whispering in the tenants' ears as they sleep) to convince them to spare his life and bring him food.
*Rosebud the Basselope, a [[basset hound]] with antlers (in a play on [[jackalope]]). As the last basselope on Earth (the second-to-last having been hunted and killed for sport by [[Donald Trump]]), Rosebud is somewhat gullible, naive, and easily shocked. Long after her introduction, it was determined that Rosebud was actually female, in a parody of the use of female dogs to portray the ostensibly male canine beer mascot [[Spuds McKenzie]]. The rebooted ''Bloom County'' gave her the ability to fly when her antlers were inflated with "dandelion gas".
*[[Ronald-Ann Smith]] is a young, innocent African-American girl from "the wrong side of the tracks" who lives in poverty. Her frequent efforts to make the best of the little she has often make the rest of the cast feel selfish and uncomfortable. Her best friend is Reynalda, a headless doll. At the end of the first series of ''Bloom County,'' she shows Opus the way to Outland, presented as a magical imaginary world she created to escape her harsh reality.
* The Banana Jr. 6000 Computer (a blatant parody of the Apple Macintosh) is presented as an almost robot-like companion of Oliver, though he is quick to dispose of it if a newer model has even the slightest superficial upgrade.