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RobertoOrtiz
09-09-2003, 05:07 PM
Children of the 80's rejoice!

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Opus the Penguin Back In the Funny Business
'Bloom County' Character to Star In Berkeley Breathed's New Strip

After eight years away from newspapers, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is creating a new comic strip called "Opus," starring his beloved penguin of the same name.

The Washington Post Writers Group, which will syndicate the strip, is expected to officially announce Breathed's return this Sunday. The reclusive Breathed, who rarely gives interviews, could not be reached yesterday for comment. "

"Since leaving the world of newspaper comics, Breathed has written children's books, including "Goodnight Opus" and the upcoming "Flawed Dogs." He sold the rights to a movie about Opus to Dimension Films. The movie will be written and directed by Breathed, and could start filming before the end of the year. "

>>Link<< (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45450-2003Sep8.html)

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slaughters
09-09-2003, 08:58 PM
Ahhh.. my favorite comic. Breathed was definitly twisted. My favorite line came from a strip he did pretty early on,

"Pear Pimples for Hairy Fishnuts".

http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/Images/fav_strip1_full.jpg

Signal2Noise
11-24-2003, 04:45 PM
Saw Opus in yesterday's comics. Looks awesome! The strip appears to be done with CG software, possibly 3D. Anyone know anything about this? I sent Mr. Breathed an email regarding this as well.

RobertoOrtiz
11-24-2003, 07:32 PM
I am a huge fan of his work.

Check out his site!

http://www.berkeleybreathed.com

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aurora
11-24-2003, 08:24 PM
I'll probably get slammed for this but---- I saw it yesterday and have to say I really did not like the style nor the content. Man I remember back when I was in college and Bloom County was so hot (that and Calvin and Hobbs!!). In fact there was even compaigns for Opus for president. It was that old style I fell in love with and I would much rather prefer to see that again. Between this and the horrid mutilation of Battlestar Galatica argh - I'll be nice and just stop writting now.:sad:

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