Editing Bloom County (section)

==Influence==
''Bloom County'' has had an influence on other cartoonists, particularly cartoonists who have an irreverent bent or tackle political topics in their work.

For example, [[Scott Kurtz]], creator of the webcomic ''[[PvP (webcomic)|PvP]]'', acknowledged Breathed's contributions at one point with a strip expressing the opinion that "so many webcomics. ..are nothing but ''Bloom County'' ripoffs", then lampooning itself by [[mimic]]king Breathed's art and dialogue style in the final panel.<ref>[http://www.pvponline.com/comic/1999/10/01/fri-oct-01/ PvPonline » Archive » Fri Oct 01<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

[[Aaron McGruder]], creator of the comic and later animated series ''[[The Boondocks (comic strip)|The Boondocks]]'', has paid tribute to Breathed's work as well, with a few aspects of the strip bearing more than a passing resemblance to important ''Bloom County'' features (including at least a couple of artistic similarities), and an episode of the animated series wherein the character Uncle Ruckus calls Breathed "Master Penguin Draw'er".

The series was adapted into the 1991 animated Christmas special entitled ''[[A Wish for Wings That Work]]'', which is now available on DVD.