From Deseret News archives:
Opus No. 3: 'Bloom County's' beloved penguin is back with a new comic
After an eight-year hiatus from newspaper comics, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed will bring his big-beaked, bigger-hearted penguin, Opus, back to life in a Sunday-only comic strip. Beginning Sunday, "Opus" will appear exclusively in the Deseret Morning News, on the back page of the Travel Section.
("The Far Side" has returned for a limited engagement on Deseret Morning News comics pages with repeats of past cartoons.)
Breathed kicked off "Bloom County" with this philosophy: "As I see it, the world is getting more dangerous. But of course it's getting funnier proportionately, hence a mixed blessing. Clearly this decade is in need of some serious analysis on the comic pages."
Throughout its tenure, "Bloom County" made fun of politics, society and life as it took on everything from feminist issues, to the Strategic Defense Initiative, cosmetic testing on animals, celebrity flubs and foibles, Hari Krishnas and anxiety closets. Along the way, a few dandelion breaks and cloud fests were thrown in for whimsy's sake. And who can forget the sight of Opus in his flowered shower cap?
Breathed ended "Bloom County" in 1989. At the time, the strip was running in some 1,300 newspapers. He continued on with a Sunday-only strip, called "Outland," which included many of the same characters. "Outland" ended in 1995.
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