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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]
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.
A humanoid from a shape-changing extraterrestrial race who prefers to take the guise of a penguin. Opus: Bloom County, Outland, Opus: Berkeley Breathed: A penguin from the Falkland Islands. He is the most recognizable character from the franchise and was the star of many of its spin-offs. Penguin If... Steve Bell: Actual name is Prince Philip ...
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. It was launched on November 23, 2003, and was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. In early October 2008, the author declared he was terminating the ...
Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things is the third collection of the comic strip series Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed. It was published in 1985. It is preceded by Toons For Our Times and followed by Bloom County Babylon. The book's cover is a parody of Daybreak, a popular painting by Maxfield Parrish.
Bloom County (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Comics about anthropomorphic penguins" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Breathed's syndicated and Facebook cartoon work has produced at least thirteen cartoon anthology books, as of January 2018. Starting in 1992, he designed a greeting card and gift ensemble collection for American Greetings, featuring the "Bloom County" characters Opus, Bill the Cat, and Milquetoast the Cockroach.
Bloom County: The Complete Library is a book series published by The Library of American Comics which collects the complete comic strips Bloom County, Outland and Opus all written and drawn by Berkeley Breathed between 1980 and 2008.