I am not sure I got a handle on what the strip was about today. Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, or women love women because men are gross. I will let ya'll decide. Hopefully, next week, I won't be so far in the dark, provided next week comes around. The world could end before then, huh? ;)
Posted by notGeorge at February 1, 2004 08:13 PMI think Berkely Breathed's medications have wore off. I thought Bloom county was great, over the top sometimes, but great overall.
Outland lost it IMO, but did have moments.
The current Opus doesn't work.
Here's my theory on what's happened: Bloom County was reined in by editors and publishers, constrained to produce something that morons like me could like.
BB (Berekely Breathed) got bored, quit. Agreed to come back and do Outland, *IF* he had more creative control. So, he got the creative control, and in the process, lost his audience, or got bored again. I'm not sure which, 'cuz I quit reading Outland and don't know why that strip was stopped.
Time passed.. Now, he's back, with no sign of having learned anything from the failed Outland strip.
I miss Calvin and Hobbes. *That* was a great strip, no marketing sell-out, continued sustained excellance.