When the strip Bloom County first appeared, I tried to not like it. Honest, I did. It looked like an inept rip-off of Doonesbury which (then) wasn't all that well drawn in the first place. Worse, the first Bloom County gag I read was a switch on a joke I recognized from Doonesbury. But eventually, Berkeley Breathed developed his own, distinct characters and won me over with his cleverness. So I avidly collected his books and am proud to direct you to his website.