Interview: with BERKE BREATHED: A Hooligan Who Wields a Pen

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A. Oh, I like the people I make fun of. I like Jeane Kirkpatrick. Where would we be without Jeane Kirkpatrick? We needed a character on the political scene that looked and sounded like her.

Q. What, if anything, do you want to be remembered for?

A. I delight in the thought that I would be remembered with all the qualities that Opus has, knowing deep down that I am a total hooligan. I would be delighted if I were as innocent, as naive and as unconcerned with worldly matters as Opus is. But the fact is that I am not. So maybe that is what he is. I am drawing him as my ideal. If I could choose my personality, it would be his.

I also want to be remembered for taking a voluntary 92% cut in my income for the sake of my cartoons. I figure attaining immortality as an artist is a long shot. But I'm a shoo-in as a martyr.