In the 80's, after Reagan (almost) conquered all.
And Breathed was never like Garry Trudeau. His stuff was funny and hit libs harder than anyone else at the time.
Here's another from 1988.
I was a big Bloom County fan back in the 80’s. I even had an Opus Penguin Lust T shirt. Breathed hit conservatives and liberals alike. He was like a comic version of South Park, just 10 years earlier.