Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for September 29, 2021

Bill only has one family member that we know of, his father: Garfield.

The last panel would have to be a classic.

Looks like the best friend doesn’t want to cooperate.

When a local tragedy occurs TV reporters flock to ask the relatives how they feel about the victim being killed or whatever. As if no one has a clue. Anyway, a local TV reporter’s husband was killed by a car while jogging. No one asked her how she felt about it. It is okay only if it is someone else and not THEM! Ghouls!

Showing the urinal in the little boys room was quite a bold statement in the mid 80s as I recall.

Opus Rules! Even when in the toilet talking to himself.

Don’t think a picture of Opus will do well in the newspaper.

I think TV stations have a second van with character actors to interview. They pick one with an appropriate age, race, gender, accent, features, and tattoos to add a few seconds of meaningless color commentary.

The local TV stations will find a second cousin’s ex-wife’s step son to interview.

As a former newsguy, I can tell you that the personal grief angle is ordered by editors who don’t have to ever see or in any way deal with the persons interviewed. I once told an editor that my soul was not callused enough to do that. He told me where to find the door. And, for those who wonder, to appear in any respect disheveled on camera will also quickly lead to a lesson in door location.

This could result in some awkward schizophrenia! —Or, in a Pulitzer Prize for the Bloom County Beacon!