Berke Breathed’s Opus Lands at Salon

Mark Evanier caught the fact that Berke Breathed's Sunday-only Opus will now be published at the on-line magazine institution Salon. I think there are a few things interesting about that, even though Salon has and will continue to run plenty of comics. First, it kind of mirrors at least symbolically the Slate relationship with Doonesbury. Second, it's a boost for the strip, which hasn't performed up to the expectations that preceded -- although truthfully, Opus suffered from some really unreasonable pre-launch predictions. Third, I'm all for any new relationships of any kind between comics and on-line publications, if only because there's no way any possible relationship should be excluded at this early stage in the development of on-line media. Douglas Wolk's interview is worth checking out for its own merits.
 
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