I can't believe Opus is dying...
Berke Breathed I could understand. People die all
the time. Take collateral damage. Puhleeze. But comic characters are not
supposed to perish. I can think of dozens that have thus far outlived their
creators.
On the other hand, there are just so many
anxieties to pull out of the closet and after you've chowed down on even a few
boatloads of herring, what's there to live for? Who needs the peace corps? I
think we all drop out, sooner or
later.I suspect that Bill the Cat is
behind all this. He never really understood Opus. In fact, I don't Bill ever
understood anything beyond coughing up
hairballs.In recent weeks, I've
noticed the Oregonadian has noticeably diminished the Sunday funnies
while increasing the price of its less than informative rag. They even included
an inflammatory advertising DVD last month that warned us, yet again, that many
Muslims are terrorists. I suspect that most of good cartoonists have already
left the funny pages. What goes around
circles the drain like bloody stool ejected from the ignorant assholes of
average Americans. Berke Breathed is not an average American, and I
expect I'll continue to hunt down whatever he's producing and give a view, just
I as do with Dan O'Neill.
Posted:
Sun - October 12, 2008 at
04:04 PM