Has anyone heard about the return of Bloom County

[Zuni]

I heard Breathead might start doing a new strip (hopefully) the old Bloom County, which along with the Far Side, was my favorite comic of all time.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. NO WAY

I thought he was desperately needed lately. I hope Bill 'n' Opus are running again. It would be nice to see * get creamed by a drug-addicted, resurrected cat. And America needs Steve Dallas.
ACK!

[AndyTiedye]

2. I Heard the Same Rumor

I hope it is true. Bloom County was the best!

[mojowork_n]

3. Wow

That would be awesome. I'd be interested in knowing what the guys been up to, the last 15 years, or however long it's been.

[Outvoicer]

4. A new strip by Breathed is starting in October

It's going to published on Sunday only and be titled "Opus."

really.

I read it in The Chronicle.

[Not a robought]

5. Breathed Returning to Newspapers

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NEW YORK -- "Bloom County" creator Berkeley Breathed is returning to newspapers Nov. 23 with "Opus," a weekly comic starring his famous cartoon penguin.

Breathed had hinted he might do a Sunday-only comic again during a speech at the National Cartoonists Society meeting this spring (Syndicate World, June 5).

"Opus" will be in a half-page format at a time when many newspapers run five strips on a Sunday page. But Washington Post Writers Group Editorial Director/General Manager Alan Shearer told E&P Online that most of the 30 or so newspapers WPWG has already approached plan to buy Breathed's comic. "If you ran it before, you're going to want it again," said Shearer.

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Newspaper editors are being shown "Opus," but are not alllowed to keep copies of it. "We're trying to keep it off the Internet," explained Shearer. "The one place and the only place to see 'Opus' will be in newspapers. This is a tremendous opportunity to increase circulation."

Shearer said "Opus" will be topical and -- unsurprisingly given the comic's name -- spotlight the penguin even more than "Bloom County" and "Outland" did. The WPWG executive wouldn't say whether or not other "Bloom County" characters besides Opus would appear.

The story about Breathed's Nov. 23 return to newspapers was broken in Tuesday's Washington Post.

Breathed is currently working on a film featuring Opus, and has done a number of children's books since ending "Bloom County."

[fertilizeonarbusto]

6. Doing a little dance of glee

eom

[elfin]

7. "Topical"

I am glad to see this - one thing I read said he said it wouldn't be "political" - , but topical can be the same thing these days. I can hardly wait and hope my paper picks it up.

[playahata1]

8. Will Pitt had a post yesterday announcing the return of Breathed.

Don't have the link to the site.

[alphafemale]

9. Link to Site

http://www.berkebreathed.com/opus_returns.html

There's even a place on this site to contact your local newpaper editor.