Billy and the Boingers Bootleg
Berke Breathed
Little Brown and Company (1987)
In Collection
#3662
0*
Comic Books, Strips, Etc
Humor, Comic Books, Strips, Etc
Softcover 9780316107297
English
Billy and the Boingers Bootleg is the fifth collection of the comic strip series Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed. It was published in 1987.

It is preceded by Bloom County Babylon and followed by Tales Too Ticklish to Tell.

Prior to publication, Breathed announced a contest[1][2] to solicit original song submissions as if written by or for the in-comic heavy metal rock group, "Billy and the Boingers."[3] The first-place winner's song, "I'm A Boinger," was included in the book on the A-side of a flexi disc. The second-place winner, "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U," was on the B-side. "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U" was performed by New Jersey hardcore band Mucky Pup who also rerecorded the song for their second album, A Boy In A Man's World. The track remains the band's signature song and is still played live to close out their shows.

The cover artwork contains parodies of the covers of two of the best-selling rock albums of 1986/87: the front cover is a send-up of Bruce Springsteen's box set "Live/1975–85"; the back cover includes a spoof of U2's "The Joshua Tree" (the original blurry/"narrow-heads" version of the cover; the spoof deliberately imitates these traits). In both cases, the band member(s) in the original artwork are substituted with members of Billy and the Boingers.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_and_the_Boingers_Bootleg)
Product Details
LoC Classification PN6728.B57 .B67 1987
LoC Control Number 87003537
Dewey 741.5973
Cover Price $7.95
No. of Pages 121
Height x Width 9.0 x 10.0  inch
Personal Details
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