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Cartoon about platypus1/16/2024 ![]() He had aged quite noticeably and appeared to be in his mid 50s, with graying temples and a receding hairline, but still retained his trademark sunglasses. Steve's lack of ability to charm women, however, remained. Steve, who had come out as gay at the end of Outland, was back to his former chauvinistic ways, apparently as a result of so-called "reparative therapy" (i.e., conversion therapy). Steve Dallas – Steve was reintroduced little more than a year in, making him the only character to have appeared in a major role in all four of Breathed's comic strips.He did not appear in many strips through the summer and fall of 2008, though. Still in a state of catatonia, he was occasionally tapped to run for political office but most often seen relaxing by Opus' side. Bill the Cat – the first of Opus' old friends to re-emerge (just months into the strip), Bill seemed to be the only one completely unchanged by time. ![]() Club, Breathed revealed that "Opus was named after a Kansas song." (The band's 1976 album Leftoverture includes the song "Opus Insert" and a suite called "Magnum Opus".) He also added, "If you're too young to know who Kansas was, to hell with you." Regular characters While his mother, maiden name Bougm, was no longer "long-lost," she was not all he had imagined her to be after a decades-long search, and he was frequently seeking the comfort of an ideal mother-figure. His employment usually depended on the week's joke – since Opus began, he has so far been a political operative, a garbageman, and a newspaper ombudsman – but he was most often depicted as a syndicated cartoonist. Though he returned to Antarctica at the end of Outland, Opus traveled back home to Bloom County, only to find that time has changed everything and everyone he once held dear. Opus is the title character and protagonist of the strip. In early October 2008, the author declared he was terminating the strip because of his expectation that the United States was going to face tough times and his desire to depart from his most famous character "on a lighter note". ![]() It was launched on Novemand was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. Set in Bloom County, the satirical strip featured Breathed's character Opus the Penguin. ![]() It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland. Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed from November 23, 2003, to November 2, 2008. ![]()
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