Berkely Breathed, the comic genius behind Bloom County and now Opus has notified readers of his Sunday comic that newspapers around the country (including The Washington Post) are pulling his next two strips. From his website:
Note to Opus readers: The Opus strips for August 26 and September 2 have been withheld from publication by a large number of client newspapers across the country, including Opus' host paper The Washington Post.
See the August 26 strip here, then try to explain exactly how that's so controversial that it can't be published...
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(crickets chirping)<p... (Below threshold)1. Posted by cirby | August 25, 2007 3:11 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
(crickets chirping)
(literally - they're chirping outside my window)
1. Posted by cirby | August 25, 2007 3:11 AM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 03:11
2. Posted by Tim | August 25, 2007 7:58 AM | Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
If the topic of this cartoon were about Christians or Jews you can bet it would be printed and defended on the basis of free speech.
2. Posted by Tim | August 25, 2007 7:58 AM |
Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 07:58
3. Posted by Skip | August 25, 2007 8:16 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
You know, part of me thinks that he knew he would get this reaction and did it for the publicity. Because while I was an avid Bloom County reader growing up, I'm not sure I even knew that he came out of retirement.
3. Posted by Skip | August 25, 2007 8:16 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 08:16
4. Posted by kevin | August 25, 2007 8:25 AM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Well, I opened up my Phila Inquirer this morning and this weeks Opus is in there.
4. Posted by kevin | August 25, 2007 8:25 AM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 08:25
5. Posted by taz | August 25, 2007 8:34 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
My thoughts exactly Tim.
We should know that the only fundamentalist group it's ok to make fun of are the Christians.
5. Posted by taz | August 25, 2007 8:34 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 08:34
6. Posted by Scott J | August 25, 2007 9:17 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Look at the Breathed site. (Google Opus). Last week's comic took a swipe at fundamentalist Christians, specifically Jerry Falwell. As a Christian, I understood the humor and laughed. Too bad believers in that other so called "Great Religion" are unable to laugh at themselves as well.
6. Posted by Scott J | August 25, 2007 9:17 AM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 09:17
7. Posted by xray | August 25, 2007 9:21 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Any newspaper refusing to print the comic should be banned... (tongue in cheek). But seriously, you should at least cancel and not buy it.
7. Posted by xray | August 25, 2007 9:21 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 09:21
8. Posted by spurwing plover | August 25, 2007 10:53 AM | Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
And yet they have no bones in offending christaisn and conservatives with crap like THE BOONDOCKS,DONEBURY and GET FUZZY and FOR BETTER OR WORSE and the other liberal comic strips
8. Posted by spurwing plover | August 25, 2007 10:53 AM |
Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 10:53
9. Posted by SAHMmy | August 25, 2007 11:21 AM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
The whacked-out members of our religion only bomb abortion clinics. We don't bomb newspaper offices or cut off peoples' heads, in general. It's totally safe to diss Christians. Liberals are chickenshits at heart anyway.
9. Posted by SAHMmy | August 25, 2007 11:21 AM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 11:21
10. Posted by Sarah Connor2 | August 25, 2007 1:57 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
The sad thing is how quickly all those newspapers, who scream freedom of the press when they're publishing classified information, caved without even being challenged by the ROP.
10. Posted by Sarah Connor2 | August 25, 2007 1:57 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 13:57
11. Posted by spurwing plover | August 25, 2007 3:07 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Remember when they pulled tha BC comic on easter i mean whats with these liberal jerks?
11. Posted by spurwing plover | August 25, 2007 3:07 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 15:07
12. Posted by HughS | August 25, 2007 8:14 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I gave up my local paper years ago. Opus' last words, to the effect: "Another day, another segue" were the last I heard from my favorite cartoon character at Bloom County.
12. Posted by HughS | August 25, 2007 8:14 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 25, 2007 20:14
13. Posted by spurwing plover | August 26, 2007 8:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There was one where some food nag was yammering at opus for eatinga ice cream cone instead of aapple or bannana he stuck his cone in the food scolds face REAL FUNNY SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK
13. Posted by spurwing plover | August 26, 2007 8:14 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on August 26, 2007 20:14
14. Posted by Dave | August 26, 2007 8:35 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Liberals are hyper-sensitive to certain things. They think Bush is fighting all muslims, so they stick up for all Muslims in an effort to oppose Bush. It's all part of political correctness working in conjunction with Bush Derangement Syndrome.
14. Posted by Dave | August 26, 2007 8:35 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 26, 2007 20:35
15. Posted by Piso Majoda | August 26, 2007 9:59 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Newspapers? What are those?
Didn't they go the way of the dinosaurs?
I'm not surprised. Print media is so leftist these days, I don't bother to read them unless they are free in an airport lounge or hotel. Even then I take what is printed with a grain of salt. So much is BS, not to mention THEY decide what is news in their opinion anyway. Print News = Zero Credibility.
15. Posted by Piso Majoda | August 26, 2007 9:59 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 26, 2007 21:59
16. Posted by spurwing plover | August 27, 2007 12:34 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
How about THE WIZARD OF ID?
16. Posted by spurwing plover | August 27, 2007 12:34 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2007 00:34
17. Posted by Ac | August 30, 2007 7:42 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Gee-wiz......religion causing world turmoil. Who out there is really surprised by that? Perhaps all religions should disappear and we could try living in reality.
17. Posted by Ac | August 30, 2007 7:42 AM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on August 30, 2007 07:42