Saturday, December 13, 2003
So Berkeley Breathed has a new comic strip, Opus. At least, they say it is new. I say, the man hasn't had an original idea in years. It's run now for 3 weeks in our paper. I missed one, maybe it was brilliant...but the other two were about Opus dreaming about cavorting with a woman or women.
I wrote to our paper, suggesting that this was not exactly new, since that was the same thing he did in "Outland" and "Bloom County", and even 2 out of 3 weeks in the "new" strip. His response was that everyone else has loved it...Go figure.
I guess since last week's had Condoleezza Rice in it, that makes it "Incisive. Political. Commentary." Except that "Boondocks" has been riffing on Rice for what, a year? (Or does it just seem that long)? Like I said, original this stuff is not...
I wrote to our paper, suggesting that this was not exactly new, since that was the same thing he did in "Outland" and "Bloom County", and even 2 out of 3 weeks in the "new" strip. His response was that everyone else has loved it...Go figure.
I guess since last week's had Condoleezza Rice in it, that makes it "Incisive. Political. Commentary." Except that "Boondocks" has been riffing on Rice for what, a year? (Or does it just seem that long)? Like I said, original this stuff is not...
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