You beautiful, stupid penguin, I hate you, please don’t leave us now
The last “Opus” has run. The only consolation is that it’s technically two strips; the first part is running in newspapers, and the second half is here.
Apparently, there is some kind of contest involved. I didn’t enter it. Steve Dallas is old, and the penguin that’s jerked me around for the last two decades appears to really be gone this time.
The world needs to promise me that I will never see Opus on the back of a truck, peeing on whatever the driver hates. Losing one childhood hero to that fate was more than enough. Bill Watterson never approved those, and you’re right to scrape them off of strangers’ vehicles.
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November 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
That was the worst ending yet!
1989: The original Bloom County cast disperses, Ronald-Ann pioneers the voyage to the Outlandiverse, and Opus embarks on a quest to find his long-lost mother, all signifying that the adventure never ends.
1995: The Outland cast disperses, Oliver Wendall Jones goes cyberpunk, and Opus finally finds his mother at the South Pole. Not quite as exciting, but evokes a certain full-circle catharsis.
2008: What the fuck does this even mean? It’s like a cartoon version of a self-induced coma! The final message is give up and go to sleep? Bah!
November 5th, 2008 at 9:42 am
That’s no ending. That’s a bizzare tribute that involves splicing a picture of Opus into an esteemed children’s book that has nothing to do with him. I’d be cool with it if it were something that some fan did to honor the strip, and not the LAST FUCKING STRIP!
But I’m responding to this way late, and Obama is the president, so I’m too excited to be upset!