Opus Silenced?

Bloom County is one of my favorite things ever. While he's not consistently reached the same heights since, I've greatly enjoyed Berkeley Breathed's Sunday-only strips, including the current Opus. According to Breathed's website, the strips submitted for this Sunday and next have been "withheld from publication by a large number of client newspapers across the country, including Opus' host paper The Washington Post." No indication as to why.

Fortunately, the strips will be available over at Salon on the appropriate days. I'll be interested to see if they appear in the Charleston paper, as well.