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Opus the Penguin (Opus T. Penguin) is a fictional character created by artist Berkeley Breathed. [1] [2] Breathed has described him as an "existentialist penguin" and the favorite of his many characters. Opus has appeared in several of Breathed's creations, most notably his 1980s comic strip Bloom County. [3]
Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed from November 23, 2003, to November 2, 2008. [1] It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland. Set in Bloom County, the satirical strip featured Breathed's character Opus the Penguin.
Breathed replaced the strip with the surreal Sunday-only cartoon Outland in 1989, which reused some of the Bloom County characters, including Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat. He ended Outland in 1995. In 2003, Breathed began the comic strip Opus, a Sunday-only strip featuring Opus the Penguin, who was one of the main characters of Bloom County.
Fox News announced it will be developing the comic strip into an animated comedy series. Creator Berkeley Breathed used to live in Iowa City.
Ack! Bill the Cat, Opus and the rest of Berkeley Breathed’s “Bloom County” universe are heading to Fox. The comic strip, created and written by Berkeley Breathed, is being developed as an ...
Bloom County is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, where children often have adult personalities and vocabularies and where animals can talk.
The Library of American Comics: Schedule: biannual: Format: Hardcover: Genre: Humour Political satire Satire: Publication date: September 2009 – November 2012: No. of issues: 7 in total: 5 Bloom County 1 Outland 1 Opus: Main character(s) Milo Bloom Cutter John Steve Dallas Michael Binkley Opus the Penguin Bill the Cat Hodge-Podge Portnoy ...
A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story is a children's book by Berkeley Breathed that was published in 1991. It was made into an animated television special that same year. The book and special feature characters from Breathed's comic strips Bloom County and Outland.