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Subject: Opus to return to comics. Comics to be funny again

Written By: ChuckyG on 09/09/03 at 10:54 p.m.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45450-2003Sep8.html

I was thinking about this a couple weeks ago for some reason, about how cool it would be if Berkley Breathed would do a Sunday strip again.. I subscribed to the Boston Globe for about a month, and found nothing worth reading in the funnies section anymore..

now if they can just get Calvin & Hobbes and the Far Side back, the Sunday paper might be worth reading again

Subject: Re: Opus to return to comics. Comics to be funny a

Written By: Bobby on 09/10/03 at 08:27 a.m.

'The Far Side' by Gary Larson was one of the funniest yet unsettling things I read when I was a teenager.

I remember a family driving in a car steaming down a mountain with a child in the back with a smile on his face. The caption read 'The boy who cried 'No Brakes'' - Hilarious.

Calvin and Hobbes dealt with themes on innocence and childhood fantasy. Quite poignant in places.

Both strips were excellent for different reasons.

Subject: Re: Opus to return to comics. Comics to be funny a

Written By: Jack Tripper on 09/10/03 at 06:53 p.m.

I miss Ziggy during the weekdays.I wonder why he doesn't appear in the Daily News?

Howard

Subject: Re: Opus to return to comics. Comics to be funny a

Written By: pleonasm on 09/10/03 at 07:04 p.m.

I could not be more excited!! The return of Opus!!

Subject: Re: Opus to return to comics. Comics to be funny a

Written By: FOXVOX on 09/10/03 at 08:42 p.m.


Quoting:
I miss Ziggy during the weekdays.I wonder why he doesn't appear in the Daily News?

Howard
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The newspaper decides which comic strips will appear.  It works kinda like television syndication.  You can still read Ziggy daily at this website:  http://www.ucomics.com/ziggy/index.phtml where you can also sign up to receive Ziggys in your daily e-mail.  :)

Subject: Re: Opus to return to comics. Comics to be funny a

Written By: bloviatrix on 09/11/03 at 11:28 p.m.

The question is: can Berkley Breathed be funny again.

After a few short years, Bloom County went downhill faster than that character in the wheelchair, IMHO.

Subject: Re: Opus to return to comics. Comics to be funny a

Written By: Absolutely_Vile on 09/12/03 at 10:23 a.m.

Bloom County was hilarious. I have a book called Billy And The Boingers which mostly centres around a rock group some of the characters were in, including Bill The Cat. Steve Dallas was either their singer or manager, I'm not sure. Anyway, it came with a square flexidisc of a couple of Billy And The Boingers songs, one of which was called "I'm A Boinger." I don't remember the other one. The record, unfortunately, went missing. :(

Outland was OK, but not quite as funny as Bloom County. I still read it, and would love to see Opus, Bill The Cat, et al come back. That would be really cool. :)

Absolutely Vile