I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
“Neither knew it at the time, but a line had been crossed that could not be uncrossed- a running leap over a chasm of… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
“Just the usual formality before the chaos begins. Like playing the National Anthem before a Cubs game.” — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
I could draw Bloom County with my nose and pay my cleaning lady to write it, and I'd bet I wouldn't lose 10% of… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively,… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he's a professional whiner in the newspaper. If… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
I'd be a Libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
Cartooning is about deconstruction: you gotta tear something down to make a joke. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
I happen to think nearly everybody - especially those one might find in the odd issue of 'People' magazine, including me - is frightfully… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
The universe throws us some obvious little pitches sometimes, and we need to be awake enough not to let them slip by. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
The digital world has allowed me a connection with my reader that I'd never had before. I didn't meet the people who read my… — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
