Ronald-Ann Smith

Ronald-Ann Smith
Bloom County, Outland character
Created by	Berkeley Breathed
Information
Gender	Female
Nationality	American

Ronald-Ann Smith was a character in Berkeley Breathed's comic strips Bloom County and Outland.

Named after Ronald Reagan, Ronald-Ann was a young African American girl "from the wrong side of the trax" in Bloom County. Appearing late in the strip's run, Ronald-Ann was presented as a polar opposite of the kind of greedy materialism that the 1980s represented. During a conversation with Donald Trump in Bill the Cat's body, it was revealed that Ronald-Ann's family lived in a single broken-down room with nine beds. Her best friend was her doll Reynelda, who had no head as a result of being "caught in the crossfire during the Christmas drug turf battles".

After Bloom County ended in 1989, Ronald-Ann became the protagonist in Breathed's next syndicated strip, Outland. She is seen traveling to this realm through portals in her big city neighborhood.

Her existence in the Outland was clearly more laid-back than it had been in her Bloom County days.

Before long, though, she was overshadowed by her Bloom County compadres, such as Opus the penguin and Bill the Cat, among others. She faded away from Outland just months before it ended in 1995, leaving no clue as to her current whereabouts in Breathed's cartoon universe.

References

Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County series

Comic strips	The Academia Waltz Bloom County Outland Opus

Picture books	A Wish for Wings that Work The Last Basselope Goodnight Opus

Collections	Loose Tails Toons For Our Times Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things Bloom County Babylon Billy and the Boingers Bootleg Tales Too Ticklish to Tell The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos

Characters	Bill the Cat Michael Binkley Milo Bloom Cutter John Steve Dallas Lola Granola Bobbi Harlow Hodge-Podge Oliver Wendell Jones Opus the Penguin Portnoy Ronald-Ann Smith others

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