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Opus the Penguin Retired

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yet-garfield-lives-on dept.

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."

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  1. Mod Parent Troll/Flamebait by geoffrobinson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using "greatest penguin ever" on a site with this many Linux users is asking for trouble.

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    1. Re:Mod Parent Troll/Flamebait by RackinFrackin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not to mention all the Tennessee Tuxedo fans, who are not going to be happy about it either.

    2. Re:Mod Parent Troll/Flamebait by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not to mention all the Tennessee Tuxedo fans, who are not going to be happy about it either.

      Sorry, wrong site - You want AARP, not Slashdot.

      Easy mistake, no doubt you arrived here from a misspelled Google search for "ARPA". ;-)

  2. The only thing I can think to say is... by Yeff · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..."Hairy Fishnuts!"

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  3. Re:Some Children's Book... by Norwell+Bob · · Score: 2, Funny

    I didn't discover Morecock until college.

    Well, that kind of experimentation is likely to get you beat up in high school.

  4. Spoiler alert by wasted · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  5. Re:Opus retires? Dood! by AlamedaStone · · Score: 2, Funny

    more of a metal group for Opus and Bill the Cat.

    Heavy metal, weighty brass... Opus played the tuba.

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