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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:*sniff* the good ol' days by CaptainCarrot · · Score: 3, Interesting
    What the heck happened to Bill Watterson?!

    Most pundits describe Bill Watterson as "reclusive" when they have occasion to mention him at all. What they really mean is that he values his privacy in much the same way as any other person in the world who just wants to do his job and go home to his quiet life at the end of the day. As a corollary, he has absolutely no use for the sort of pundit who would describe him as "reclusive".

    He's still alive, still healthy, and looks a lot like Calvin's dad.

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    And the brethren went away edified.
  2. Bill Watterson by jezmund · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This got me thinking about my other favorite reclusive former comic strip writer. I looked around and found an interview (allegedly the only one he ever gave); and a shorter, more recent article. The second one is kind of sad . . . it's too bad that the fame of the strip brought him so much unhappiness.

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  3. Re:Ah yes, the fading days of newspaper comics. by srvivn21 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Sluggy has had amazing story lines, and amazing use of space. Start here (sorry Pete) and check out the next two days. There is no way this would work in a syndicated format.

    Personally, I don't read the comics section of the newspaper any more. Tools like comics.pl just make it unnecessary.