The Return of Opus!! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Sion · 09-19-2003, 07:13 AM

best news I've heard in months:

Berke Breathed is bringing back Opus.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in572351.shtml

aCK! (thanks Cynthetiq)

wanna bet that one of the first topics he takes on is the whole Linux/penguin thing?

Cynthetiq · 09-19-2003, 07:17 AM

aCk!

maybe Bill will return too!

JBX · 09-19-2003, 07:19 AM

I want "The Far Side" back!

sipsake · 09-19-2003, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cynthetiq
aCk! maybe Bill will return too!

Yeah, I miss the old Bloom County crew. Especially Portnoy and Hodge Podge.

Lebell · 09-19-2003, 08:50 AM

That was a sad day, when the last "Bloom County" ran.

Long live the Boingers!!!

Sapper · 09-19-2003, 11:10 AM

Out of "retirement" huh?

Cobalt_60 · 09-19-2003, 01:29 PM

Hmm, hope my newspaper starts carrying Opus again. I loved Rosebud, the last Basselope. Kinda wish I had one. I always wanted to buy those reindeer antleers for a basset hound I had, but I could never find em when I wanted to buy them. Milquetoast the cockroach was also very cool!

anleja · 09-19-2003, 02:07 PM

This strip is funnier when you actually know who Dan Fogelberg is...

Dan Fogelberg:

I e-mailed my local paper to see if they'll carry it, I hope they do. I like the old strips, but some of them are a bit dated, as he deals with current events frequently. This is very cool!

Baldrick · 09-19-2003, 03:48 PM

Great news! I stopped opening the funny pages when Bloom County and Far Side disappeared.

QuasiMojo · 09-19-2003, 08:58 PM

Oh Hell Yeah... I can see how cool it is

hunnychile · 09-19-2003, 09:03 PM

Opus and the Gang are back just in the nick of time.

(Since we've all been visiting our Anxiety Closets so much lately)

Locke · 09-19-2003, 10:00 PM

All that is left to come back then is Calvin and Hobbes. Excellent.

hawkeye · 09-20-2003, 01:44 PM

ok, this just made my week.

YzermanS19 · 09-21-2003, 07:49 AM

Wow! I can't wait! My favorite comic is Bloom County, and I read through Billy and the Boingers Bootleg about 1000 times....great stuff.

rogue49 · 09-21-2003, 08:58 AM

I loved that comic

We need to resurrect the whole Comic Trinity

Bloom County
The Far Side
Calvin & Hobbes

If we can do that, then the world will be in harmony...
or at least we can really laugh at the bullshit.

gwr_gwir · 09-29-2003, 10:48 PM

While that'd be close to heaven, I doubt that it can or could happen. Watterson left comics for a reason, as he explained in Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book. I don't know much about Larson's situation, so I won't comment on that, but I will say that it's good to have Breathed back as a cartoonist again. I look forward to the new "Opus" strip and hopefully books.

prince_albert · 09-29-2003, 10:50 PM

life is life etc? nice

tritium · 09-30-2003, 12:23 AM

I'm very pleased to see the return of Opus. I've missed you, Old Chap!

troit · 09-30-2003, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Locke
All that is left to come back then is Calvin and Hobbes. Excellent.

Here...here and Amen to that sentiment!!!!

a2k · 09-30-2003, 08:31 AM

Nice! The comics haven't been the same since the golden days of Bloom County, The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes. Or maybe I just got older and stopped reading them...

BonesCPA · 09-30-2003, 10:26 AM

It's about time, Berkeley. (What type of name is Berkeley?)

09-19-2003, 07:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	The Return of Opus!! best news I've heard in months: Berke Breathed is bringing back Opus. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in572351.shtml aCK! (thanks Cynthetiq) wanna bet that one of the first topics he takes on is the whole Linux/penguin thing? __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin... Last edited by Sion; 09-19-2003 at 07:27 AM..

09-19-2003, 07:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	aCk! maybe Bill will return too! __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

09-19-2003, 07:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
JBX Unfair and Imbalanced Location: Upstate, NY	I want "The Far Side" back! __________________ "Youth and Strength is no match for Age and Treachery"

09-19-2003, 08:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	That was a sad day, when the last "Bloom County" ran. Long live the Boingers!!! __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate! Last edited by Lebell; 09-19-2003 at 02:22 PM..

09-19-2003, 11:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
Sapper Insane Location: The Internet	Out of "retirement" huh? __________________ rm -f /bin/laden

09-19-2003, 01:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cobalt_60 Addict	Hmm, hope my newspaper starts carrying Opus again. I loved Rosebud, the last Basselope. Kinda wish I had one. I always wanted to buy those reindeer antleers for a basset hound I had, but I could never find em when I wanted to buy them. Milquetoast the cockroach was also very cool! Last edited by Cobalt_60; 09-19-2003 at 01:41 PM..

09-19-2003, 02:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
anleja disconnected Location: ignoreland	This strip is funnier when you actually know who Dan Fogelberg is... Dan Fogelberg: I e-mailed my local paper to see if they'll carry it, I hope they do. I like the old strips, but some of them are a bit dated, as he deals with current events frequently. This is very cool!

09-19-2003, 03:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Baldrick We are everywhere... Location: Barrie, Ontario	Great news! I stopped opening the funny pages when Bloom County and Far Side disappeared. __________________ You can be young only once, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

09-19-2003, 08:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
QuasiMojo King Knave Location: Lancaster	Oh Hell Yeah... I can see how cool it is __________________ AzAbOv ZoBeLoE

09-19-2003, 09:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
hunnychile Alien Anthropologist Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana	Opus and the Gang are back just in the nick of time. (Since we've all been visiting our Anxiety Closets so much lately) __________________ "I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB

09-19-2003, 10:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
Locke Insane Location: The reddest state ever. :(	All that is left to come back then is Calvin and Hobbes. Excellent. __________________ CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN!!!! - Pat Hughes "Don't surround yourself with yourself." Yes

09-20-2003, 01:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
hawkeye back from sabbatical Location: Mosptopia	ok, this just made my week. __________________ You're not fat, You're just a giant ball of love, covered in anger.

09-21-2003, 07:49 AM	#14 (permalink)
YzermanS19 not your typical god-fearing junkie Location: State of Confusion	Wow! I can't wait! My favorite comic is Bloom County, and I read through Billy and the Boingers Bootleg about 1000 times....great stuff. __________________ the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long and you have burned so very, very brightly

09-21-2003, 08:58 AM	#15 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	I loved that comic We need to resurrect the whole Comic Trinity Bloom County The Far Side Calvin & Hobbes If we can do that, then the world will be in harmony... or at least we can really laugh at the bullshit.

09-29-2003, 10:48 PM	#16 (permalink)
gwr_gwir Crazy	While that'd be close to heaven, I doubt that it can or could happen. Watterson left comics for a reason, as he explained in Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book. I don't know much about Larson's situation, so I won't comment on that, but I will say that it's good to have Breathed back as a cartoonist again. I look forward to the new "Opus" strip and hopefully books. __________________ Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor. -- Robert Heinlein

09-29-2003, 10:50 PM	#17 (permalink)
prince_albert Banned Location: Bradford, UK	life is life etc? nice

09-30-2003, 12:23 AM	#18 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	I'm very pleased to see the return of Opus. I've missed you, Old Chap! __________________ Blah.

09-30-2003, 08:31 AM	#20 (permalink)
a2k Crazy Location: Seattle	Nice! The comics haven't been the same since the golden days of Bloom County, The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes. Or maybe I just got older and stopped reading them...

09-30-2003, 10:26 AM	#21 (permalink)
BonesCPA No. It's not done yet. Location: sorta kinda phila	It's about time, Berkeley. (What type of name is Berkeley?) __________________ Back into hibernation. Last edited by BonesCPA; 10-01-2003 at 04:37 PM..