Pulitzer Prize Winner and Creator of Bloom County and Opus—
Berkeley Breathed—
at the Charles M. Schulz Museum
Saturday, October 18 at 1 p.m.

September 11, 2008—Santa Rosa, CA. Berkeley Breathed, New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and creator of the comic strips Opus and Bloom County, will be at the Charles M. Schulz Museum on Saturday, October 18 at 1 p.m.  Immediately following his talk, Breathed will be available to sell and sign his new children’s book, Pete & Pickles. 

Breathed's newest book Pete & Pickels

Berkeley Breathed is a screenwriter, author, cartoonist, and one of America’s most popular illustrators.  Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for cartooning in 1987, Breathed is perhaps best known for his comic strip Bloom County, which ran for nine years and appeared in over 1,200 newspapers all over the world. His books of collected cartoons from the strip include the bestselling Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness, and the recent Opus: 25 Years of His Sunday Best.  Breathed’s acclaimed children’s books appeal to young and old alike, and include A Wish for Wings That Work, Red Ranger Came Calling, Goodnight Opus, and most recently, the New York Time  bestseller, Mars Needs Moms!, among others. Breathed lives with his wife, daughter, and son in Southern California.

ADDITIONAL IMAGES
Note: If you would like any of the images in this release at a higher resolution to print in a publication, contact Gina Huntsinger at gina@schulzmuseum.org.

Opus, from Bloom County and Opus

Berkeley Breathed