Bloom County and Outland Fans

[jk1245]

Freaking hilarious interview with Berkeley Breathed in this weeks * The Onion*

What did Tom Cruise ever do to him?

Love his comment on whether or not he likes his strips available on the net.
Enjoy

[JeffB]

Thanks for the link. That’s a great interview. Here are some of my favorite quotes.

On the benefits of fame:

Having an extra free can of aerosol canola oil thrown into one’s grocery bag by a giggling grocery clerk who recognized my name on a check is a bonus, I won’t argue.

On his competition:

The most daring humor that could be found was Garfield screaming for lasagna… as he still does today, that funny little consistent bastard.

On why he didn’t want to be on the opinion pages:

Same reason it was for Garry Trudeau. Here, let me put it vulgarly and in caps: NOBODY THE FUCK READS THE OPINION PAGES. Well, except for all those intellectuals sitting around the fire on Survivor, of course.

On politics:

And I’d be a Libertarian, if they weren’t all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners.

On aging:

Hanging on to the silly as I sail toward my mid-40s is my current project. The middle-age temptation to get serious about everything is Satan’s handiwork.

On editorial cartooning:

In the world of hardcore editorial cartoons, there’s a small, unpleasant fellow with a very little penis, the result of a sneeze during circumcision, named Pat Oliphant–himself a Pulitzer winner–who threatened a boycott when my prize was announced in 1987. Those were the days.