Holy Shit, Berke Breathed Returns!!!

Daltonator · Post by **Daltonator** » 2003-09-16 06:47pm

I read in the paper today that Berke Breathed, the man behind Bloom County and Outland, is doing a new comic called Opus, coming out in late November! Unfortunately, it's only on Sundays and apparently it's supposed to take up a lot of space.

http://www.berkebreathed.com/opus_returns.html

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-09-16 06:49pm

Cool, isn't it?

Yeah I was reading PAD's website and came upon this.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-09-16 07:17pm

Cool!

Now watch as it fails miserably

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-09-16 10:29pm

Interesting. Bloom County was a very 80's cartoon strip. I wonder how the new one will fit for this decade.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2003-09-16 11:06pm

He can't do any worse than Garry Trudeau.
Doonesbury today is just a parody of what it used to be.

We'll see if Berke still has what it takes.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-09-16 11:37pm

I think Berke is more Libertarian than anything.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-09-17 01:55am

So cool. I heard about this on the news the other night. Could a DethTongue reunion be far behind?

Glocksman wrote:He can't do any worse than Garry Trudeau.
Doonesbury today is just a parody of what it used to be....

Sometimes, but I get the impression that Trudeau is at a different place in his life, not quite the mental hellraiser he used to be, and his comic/art reflects that. Still good stuff, just from a different perspective.

I did enjoy the "Duke is running Iraq" storyline though, even if it was killed off quick.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-09-17 02:08am

Hm, interestingly enough the blurb about Breathed was on the same page as the story on Doonesbury and the masturbation gag that got pulled.