Berkeley Breathed says goodbye to Opus - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

MikeWaters · 10-10-2008, 05:03 AM

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...5441421&ps=bb3

Mike Waters is of course intimately connected with Berkeley Breathed, having adopted the the smoking figure of Steve Dallas, esquire, as his avatar on CB. For a time, a larger version of a reclining meditative smoking Steve Dallas was his avatar on CG.

Opus' heydays, frankly, were long gone. But still, it is a passing of a good friend.

landpoke · 10-10-2008, 02:46 PM

I lost interest in his stuff after he quit doing Outland, but it's still a bit sad as Bloom County is one of my all time favorite strips. I'll have to dig out my Bill the Cat for President poster and hoist a whiskey or three in honor of Opus' passing.

Jeff Lebowski · 10-10-2008, 02:48 PM

That's a shame. That's the last of the truly great strips.

Anybody remember when he did a series of strips making fun of Marie Osmond's divorce? Tacky, but hilarious.

RockyBalboa · 10-10-2008, 06:25 PM

Ack!

10-10-2008, 05:03 AM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Berkeley Breathed says goodbye to Opus http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...5441421&ps=bb3 Mike Waters is of course intimately connected with Berkeley Breathed, having adopted the the smoking figure of Steve Dallas, esquire, as his avatar on CB. For a time, a larger version of a reclining meditative smoking Steve Dallas was his avatar on CG. Opus' heydays, frankly, were long gone. But still, it is a passing of a good friend.

10-10-2008, 02:46 PM	#2
landpoke Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Central God's Country Posts: 1,534	I lost interest in his stuff after he quit doing Outland, but it's still a bit sad as Bloom County is one of my all time favorite strips. I'll have to dig out my Bill the Cat for President poster and hoist a whiskey or three in honor of Opus' passing. __________________ I see a hobo. And when I see the hobo, I think to myself, "This man is poor. His monetary value is low, and my monetary value is high, and it's a shame that he is himself. What can I do?"

10-10-2008, 02:48 PM	#3
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	That's a shame. That's the last of the truly great strips. Anybody remember when he did a series of strips making fun of Marie Osmond's divorce? Tacky, but hilarious. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-10-2008, 06:25 PM	#4
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	Ack! __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.