Berkeley Breathed is perhaps best known for his comic strips “Bloom County,” “Outland,” and “Opus.” But he’s also a gifted children’s book creator. I first met him in 2003, on publication of his book “Flawed Dogs.”
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The next time we talked was in 2007, after publication of his book called “Mars Needs Moms,
which later became a Disney animated film. It’s about a 9-year-old boy namd Milo who comes to appreciate everything about his mom, after she’s abducted by Martians.
And Berke Breathed is still producing great comics — “Bloom County” returned in 2015.