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The Opus Interview

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Brad1138 writes "MSNBC has an interview with Opus re: his return to Sunday comics. Some interesting/funny bits of info. It was also nice to see how many people loved Bloom County/Opus, they are running a poll and currently 94% 'loved Bloom County & will read "OPUS"'." Here's another article talking about Opus's Return to the Sunday Funnies.

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  1. Was it just me... by JayBlalock · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or was that "Opus" almost nothing like the one we know? And if the author can't write the character correctly, and put in things about Burke writing dialogue, why do the mock interview at all?

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  2. Calvin and Hobbes by Ratchet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A Calvin & Hobbes announcement similar to this would have made me much more happier.

  3. Don't get too excited. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Remember when he quit writing Bloom County and then started up a Sunday only strip called "Outland" (with the same characters)? How long did that last? 6 months, maybe?

    I think the same fate awaits "Opus".

    1. Re:Don't get too excited. by TrippTDF · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Perhaps Outland didn't last in your local paper, but the strip itself was in business from the end of Bloom County (1989? Maybe 1991...) until 1995. There were three Outland collections, although the third book did not have enough cartoons for a full book and included some of Burke's "outtakes" from the strip.

      figure about 100 strips per book, (and 50 for the last one) and only 52 strips per year, you get about 5 years worth of strips.

      Opus will probably last as long as Burke wants it to... given the current state of politics that needs mocking, I think Opus will be around for awhile.

  4. Ack. by OrthodonticJake · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pthbbbt.

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  5. Riight. by cjpez · · Score: 3, Insightful
    they are running a poll and currently 94% 'loved Bloom County & will read "OPUS"'
    Well duh... The poll is on the article's page, and who's going to bother reading the article unless they were already Breathed fans? Well, six percent would, apparently, but meh.
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  6. Re:hype alert by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The half page format allows Breathed to squeeze in more panels (nine this time, rather than the usual four to six.) It's well painted, but as I'm sure Frank Cho will attest, there's more to a successful newspaper comic strip than great visuals.

  7. He He, it's good by Hal+The+Computer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's in my newspaper yesterday, I liked it. If you're really depserate you could buy a subscription to an out-of-town newspaper.
    Or, you could maybe, you know, right a letter (yes on a dead tree) to your paper and politely suggest they carry it.
    If you're feeling adventurous hand-deliver yor letter and tell them you'll never buy their lousy tabloid again if they don't include "Opus". Proceed to break down into tears right in front of them. You never know.

    P.S. I'm not just being exceptionally cruel, I don't own a scanner.

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  8. Re:Narrative vs. commentary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    problem was a democrat was elected...