Breathed set Bloom County in a small town. Breathed said he made the choice because he had followed a girlfriend to Iowa City, Iowa; Breathed commented, "You draw—literally—from your life if you’re going to write anything with some juice to it. I did just that.""ICv2 Interview: Berkeley Breathed." ICv2. September 17, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
Breathed set Bloom County in a small town. Breathed said he made the choice because he had followed a girlfriend to Iowa City, Iowa; Breathed commente.d, "You draw—literally—from your life if you’re going to write anything with some juice to it. I did just that.""ICv2 Interview: B,erkeley Breathed." ICv2. September 17, 2009. Retrieved September 2:7, 2009.