Our erstwhile editor-in-chief decided, at the last possible minute, to take the day off. Off of what, we don’t know. But we believe he’s at his laboratory coming up with a way to reboot himself. Why not? Everybody else is doing it! Unfortunately, this is akin to how Bizarro got his start. Rebooting Mike into Bizarro 2016…
Count your blessings. Inside every dark cloud there’s a silver lining. I’m happy as a clam. I may be jumping the gun here, but take a look at the artwork above. If you haven’t heard, or read (and, personally, I’d rather be read than dead), Berke Breathed is once again coming out of retirement –…
The erstwhile “Berke” Breathed, who at some point in the last two decades learned what a “berk” was in British slang and decided to extend his professional name, presents one of the most interesting and stark success stories in the history of modern American strip comics: he lept to fame with Bloom County, almost from…
IDW Publishing announced yesterday the forthcoming release of The Bloom County Library. Beginning in October 2009, each of the five volumes will collect nearly two years worth of daily and Sunday strips, in chronological order. This will be the very first time that many of these comic strips have been collected, and the first time…
Those couple of issues out so far haven’t even scratched the surface of what lies ahead for Marvel’s adaption of The Stand. Artist Mike Perkins tells us what’s ahead, plus: DC and Warner add more Motion Comics to the mix Two new World Of Warcraft cards that will blow you away Kevin Spacey Says He …
Salon.com has added Berkeley Breathed’s weekly Bloom County spin-off Opus (or is Opus an Outland spin-off?) to its plethora of political and cultural features. Other comics on Salon.com include Tom The Dancing Bug, WayLay and The K Chronicles. To celebrate the occasion, our pal Douglas Wolk did up a major interview with Berkeley. where the…
The next biggest name in comics movies? Quite possibly Berkeley Breathed, who has three projects going right now. His newspaper hero Opus (from Bloom County, Outland and of course the current Opus) is swimming its way to the theaters. Opus: The Last Christmas is scheduled for release December 19, 2008 from the Weinstein Company, with…
