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Opus the Penguin Retired
garylian writes "Berkeley Breathed has announced that he has drawn the final comic containing the greatest penguin ever, Opus. The author is now going to write children's books. For those of you in your mid-30s and older, you remember Bloom County as a staple of the comic pages in a similar time frame as Calvin & Hobbes, and that time was probably the greatest the daily/Sunday comics have ever known. From running for the vice presidency to impersonating Michael Jackson, from gracing a ton of t-shirts to being one of the weirdest stuffed animals ever, from rocking in a heavy metal band 'Billy and the Boingers' to cleaning up Bill's hair balls, Opus was perfect for that time. And Bloom County would have been perfect during the Bush 2 years. Now, I'm going to pull out all my old Bloom County books and read them. After I dig through some boxes and find my old Opus dolls. I wonder what my kids are going to think of them."
Using "greatest penguin ever" on a site with this many Linux users is asking for trouble.
Except for ending slavery, the Nazis, communism, & securing American independence, war has never solved anything.
It's got Avatar! It puts the O in FOSSIL!
..."Hairy Fishnuts!"
"Freedom Through Vigilance"
I didn't discover Morecock until college.
Well, that kind of experimentation is likely to get you beat up in high school.
Breathed already has tentative plans to bring the penguin back in a short feature about discovering a certain country in Europe. It will be called "Mr. Opus's Holland.
Heavy metal, weighty brass... Opus played the tuba.
"All these years believing you're the signified monkey, only to find out you're just a big hunk of nobody cares."
Funny you should mention Red Dwarf...
I wish that they had given up the characters in 1989 at their prime like Bill Watterson was wise to do, instead of continuing them as a source of financial security.