On his website, cartoonist Berkeley Breathed reports that two of his upcoming Opus strips are being pulled by various papers, including the Washington Post. The reason appears to be because the strips deal with Islam in someway. If that is the case, it might be that the papers want to avoid the controversy that arose in Denmark after a paper published several cartoons depicting Muhammed. I would suspect that the editors don't want to deal with a bunch of reader complaints over a "comic".
I do look forward to checking out Breathed's strips when they come out to see what all the fuss is over. In my opinion he is one of America's most talented cartoonists and it was great to see him return to work after a long absence.
(Via Comics Reporter)
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