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Berkeley Breathed Back in the Funnies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the always-room-for-genius dept.

tetrad writes "Berkeley Breathed is creating a new Sunday comic strip, according to the Washington Post. The half-page comic strip will feature Opus the penguin from Breathed's Bloom County and Outland series, and will begin Nov. 23."

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  1. Re:Huzzah! by Fesh · · Score: 4, Informative

    No flame intended, but it wasn't about Opus at all in the beginning. He showed up as a running gag and managed to steal the show... *shrug* More power to 'im.

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  2. Re:Opus is Back! Now Bring Back Calvin!!!! by Tofino · · Score: 4, Informative

    Calvin returned in a film just a couple of years ago...

  3. Re:Good by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Try This Modern World. The archive links are on the left.

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  4. Re:Breathed is back? by Oliver+Wendell+Jones · · Score: 5, Informative

    The diversity of characters in the strip was also unprecendented, from African-Americans (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rosalinda) who, unlike black characters in other strips, namely Peanuts, were actually of their own ethnicity, to the wheelchair-bound 'Nam vet Cutter John.

    JONES... Oliver Wendell JONES...

    Oliver Wendell Holmes was a famous poet.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was a famous lawyer.

    Oliver Wendell Jones was a famous young hacker with a Banana Jr. computer.

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  5. Re:They used The Onion as a source? by JabberWokky · · Score: 4, Informative
    The Washington Post has really gone to the dogs. They actually used The Onion as a source for this article:

    I'm guessing you're not aware that the Onion is a real, serious publication, and only the first several pages are humor news. After you get past the first three pages or so, it's all real news (plus some good comics). Their interviews are among the best I've ever read, and their reviews of music are usually better than the typical "it's good, kinda like so-and-so". It's well worth the subscription price - I used to keep it on the back of the toilet, a mark of high regard for a newspaper indeed.

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