Letters to the Editor
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The really important thing about this cartoon
Why, when Lola Granola came back, did she attach herself to Steve Dallas!?! She was Opus' fiance way back in the 1980s and had almost no contact with Steve. And yes, I know "Bloom County" too well; I still have all the collections.
A bit more seriously, Breathed has, in the past, been open about his difficulties creating compelling female characters. Every now and again he'll bring in a new one and place her front and center, but soon they drift into the background and then out of the strip altogether. Even within this new incarnation, a young girl named Pickles came in with great fanfare, hung around for a few months and then disappeared. Of them all, Lola Granola's probably the one that works the best comedically, so it is good to seen Breathed keeping at it.
Still, Steve Dallas must have spent the 90's in the "For Better and For Worse" universe, for he has aged while everyone else, including Lola, has not.