April 18, 2005
Does Berke Breathed read the blogs?

So, um, is it just me, or has anyone else been mentally substituting "political bloggers" for "comics characters" in the last two Opus strips?

(For those whose newspapers don't carry it, the last two strips have been about there are no anthropomorphic female comic strip characters. Auxiliary girlfriends like Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse don't count.)

Posted by Charles Kuffner on April 18, 2005 to Society and cultcha | TrackBack
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What about the furries? Omaha is long retired, but you've still got Sabrina, and ZigZag, and um....

Posted by: Danil on April 18, 2005 11:23 AM

Brenda Starr? Danae in "Non-Sequitur"? Luann? Cathy? Tina's Groove? Sally Forth? And while they don't get top billing, Lucy, Sally, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie certainly do a lot of the heavy lifting in "Peanuts."

Wait... were we talking blogs or comics?

Posted by: CrispyShot on April 18, 2005 4:18 PM

Crispy - Sorry, I should have been more clear. He was specifically talking about comic animals (i.e., Garfield, Snoopy, etc), not all comic strip characters.

Posted by: Charles Kuffner on April 18, 2005 4:53 PM

Actually, Satchel of "Get Fuzzy" spent last week getting in touch with his "feminine side". Then again, even "Pearls Before Swine" lacks a female character.

Posted by: William Hughes on April 18, 2005 5:01 PM

So, Wonkette is a guy now?

Posted by: B. K. Oxley (binkley) on April 19, 2005 8:52 AM