Comments on: Opus pulled from Post … again

By: frank white

frank white — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:15:23 +0000

I have counted twenty three reasons why Bloom County/Outland/Opus are the worst strips EVER!!

By: Susan Abe

Susan Abe — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:59:30 +0000

Just at a guess, I’d suspect that the Indianapolis Star doesn’t have employees working in the Middle East, and that the Washington Post does. I’d also suspect that very few Middle Eastern countries have embassies within the Star’s delivery area.

I don’t think I’d have pulled the strip, myself — if perpetuating an ugly nationalist or ethnic stereotype was unacceptable on the comics page, I think I’d pull the Asian-kid-LOVES-math-so-much-he-volunteers-for-summer-school story line in “Curtis” first. (Come on, Billingsley, you don’t seriously expect us to think that’s a coincidence? The first Asian character I can remember who even gets to speak?) And nationalist/ethnic stuff in cartoon form doesn’t seem to have triggered violence like religious stuff has.

On the other hand, Daniel Pearl â€” and an appallingly large number of other journalists who were alive and working a few years ago â€” are verrrrrrrrrry, verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry dead. (Asian-American middle-schoolers almost never kill employees of newspapers.)

By: Phil Wohlrab

Phil Wohlrab — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:33:45 +0000

The mooning isn’t so bad, but
I’ve never been a fan of sticking out your tongue and going “THBBT!”
Stupid and Juvenile yea, but it’s just dumb.

By: Abell Smith

Abell Smith — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:32:16 +0000

Mooning IS juvenile and stupid…

Now, if Bill was telling a senator to “go @#$$ himself” and then shooting a guy in the face, that would be more reflective of the respect owed to the office of the Vice Presidency…

By: Matt Bors

Matt Bors — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:15:47 +0000

butt-to-buttface

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:47:52 +0000

” donâ€™t think mooning Cheney is juvenile. I think it would be the appropriate response to meeting him face-to-face.”

Wouldn’t that technically be butt-to-face?

By: John Read

John Read — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:58:52 +0000

I don’t think mooning Cheney is juvenile. I think it would be the appropriate response to meeting him face-to-face.

By: Mike Witmer

Mike Witmer — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:58:01 +0000

Juvenile? Here we go again. It’s a comic strip!

By: Carl Moore

Carl Moore — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:15:41 +0000

Like most of Breathed’s stuff, the mooning bit is simply juvenile and stupid.

By: John Cole

John Cole — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:22:17 +0000

… A-a-a-and …

The car in the strip is ID’ed as a “hybrid,” and therefore must by definition also use gas engine, and THEREFORE must also be fed liquified and refined dead dinosaur juice on occasion.

I’m guessing maybe ol’ Berk is referencing the new Toyota Prius PHEV, which has a larger battery pack than the regular Prius and can be recharged using a 120-volt outlet. It can run longer on its electric motors, but still also need gas to get around.

Bottom line: Energy isn’t free.

What is this? A Car & Driver forum? OK, I’m done.