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Berke Breathed Interview in The Onion

Posted by Hemos on from the talking-to-the-man dept.

Hobart writes "Berke Breathed, author of Bloom County has granted an interview to Tasha Robinson of the The Onion's AV Club. This is the second interview I've seen in six months (previous interview link) after the six years of silence since the end of Outland. He even calls for volunteers to help with his site! ;)"

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  1. Re:Ah yes, the fading days of newspaper comics. by swinginSwingler · · Score: 3, Informative
    Newspaper comics aren't very enjoyable?

    The boondocks by Aaron McGruder is some of the funniest stuff i've read in a long time.

    http://www.boondocks.net/

  2. Berke in the Christian Science Monitor by nordicfrost · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can find an interview from last February here.

  3. well, dayummm by zineboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Opus was named after a Kansas song. If you're too young to know who Kansas was, to hell with you.

    "Magnum Opus", live version on _Two For the Show_ amazes.

    Anyone else ever have the hots for Quiche Lorraine?

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  4. Outland Strips Online (yes, I'm a whore) by Ezubaric · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bloom County Zone

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  5. Re:Bloom County ? What the fuck is that ? by Hobart · · Score: 3, Informative

    Flabdabb -> Follow the links to the "everything2" nodes in the story for definitions.

    (In short -- Berke Breathed is a cartoonist who did two comics strips, Bloom County and Outland, that ran from 1980-1995 in US newspapers. It was originally picked up as a replacement for Doonesbury when it was on hiatus. Extremely funny stuff, the origin of "Bill the Cat", "Opus the Penguin", etc ... )

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  6. Website. by smack_attack · · Score: 3, Informative

    He even calls for volunteers to help with his site!

    Too late, looks like someone already helped him. His site looks terrific IMO.

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