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Midnight in Frank’s Kingdom

Berkeley Breathed


FACTS

Registered Serial Number: Strip #469; no serial number
Edition: Tribute reproduction for personal use only.
Dimensions: tbd
Date: Published June 2017
Location: Originally published via Facebook for Bloom County fans
Medium: Printed from digital image for personal display


Displayed as a companion to “Gotcha,” this strip reveals the truth behind Steve’s suspicion: Frank the Janitor is not guilty of mischief, but instead hosting a tea party for a child patient. Wearing a washcloth skirt and a flower‑strewn hat, Frank sips tea poured from a hospital pitcher, while a pillow with a rubber‑glove face joins the scene. The child, beaming in a hospital gown, transforms the sterile setting into a kingdom of kindness through imagination and play.


Though this reproduction is not an original, it completes the story and honors the grace we witnessed during Randy’s recovery. It brings tears not only for its beauty, but for the truth it reflects: that compassion, humor, and humanity can flourish even in the hardest of places.

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