Comments on: Catch Berkeley Breathed on NPR

By: Amanda Ashbach

Amanda Ashbach — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:23:29 +0000

I stumbled upon the first Bloom County collection while in college. I loved it. I have most of the early collections, and I’ve been a faithful reader when my local paper carried the strip. I’ll miss it.

By: Steve Trimboli

Steve Trimboli — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:49:04 +0000

In the trying times ahead the wit and wisdom of the “Opus” comic strip will be missed perhaps at the time when we need it the most. Please consider, someday, bringing him back. Till then, I am sorry to see him go. A forever fan, Steve

By: Janet Aldrich

Janet Aldrich — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:50:21 +0000

I dunno. Maybe it should just be a Calvin and Hobbes type ending where he goes off into the sunset and keeps on being Opus.

By: Larry Levine

Larry Levine — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:39:52 +0000

A great Sunday-only replacement for Opus would be Chris Sander’s webcomic Kiskaloo. I think it has syndication stardom written all over it.

By: Rich Diesslin

Rich Diesslin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:40:01 +0000

Garey … that’s a hoot!

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:04:42 +0000

“…And as I drew him finally, I knew that was the end – his childhood was gone.”

Last Opus strip. Opus gets laid.

Seriously, as I mentioned in the other Opus topic thread, I’d really like to see Breathed develop a new comic strip written for children.

By: Rich Diesslin

Rich Diesslin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:27:54 +0000

He didn’t say he was killing him off. My guess is that in order to lose all innocence and be unable to reclaim his childlike outlook means that he will be named the new Asst. to the Secr. of the Treasury.

Since Opus wasn’t carried by my local paper and I didn’t actively seek out the strip online, I can’t say that it makes any difference to me. On the other hand, I did love the character when Opus was in Bloom County, less so but still a lot in Outland. Still, I imagine it would be very hard for a cartoonist to close the book on a character that has defined his career to-date.

By: josh shalek

josh shalek — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:58:05 +0000

I recently wrote about comic strips’ beginnings and ends in my blog. It’s a sad coincidence that, as I was writing it, one of my favorite characters was shuffling off into the comic netherworld.

Comics aren’t supposed to be sad, dad gummit!

By: abe frantz

abe frantz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:16:36 +0000

i’m so sad about this. i think breathed has it right about opus being childlike. with that in mind, it’s kind of cruel to kill him off. does anyone have any clues as to the type of demise we can expect and the date?
(dragging out my best black outfit for the mourning period)

By: Larry Levine

Larry Levine — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:58:50 +0000

I read it correctly–never say never. Like James Bond, Opus will be back (one day).