. . . "2008-11-02"^^ . . . . "Humor, Politics, Satire"@en . "Opus (Comic Strip)"@en . . . . "Set in Bloom County, the strip documented the adventures of Breathed's popular character Opus the Penguin, parodying both pop culture and politics along the way. It was launched with much fanfare on November 23, 2003, and was syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group. In early October 2008 the author declared he was terminating the strip because of his expectation that the United States is going to face tough times and his desire to depart from his most famous character \"on a lighter note\"."@en . . . . . . . . . "Opus (comic strip)"@en . . "Set in Bloom County, the strip documented the adventures of Breathed's popular character Opus the Penguin, parodying both pop culture and politics along the way. It was launched with much fanfare on November 23, 2003, and was syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group. In early October 2008 the author declared he was terminating the strip because of his expectation that the United States is going to face tough times and his desire to depart from his most famous character \"on a lighter note\"."@en . "2003-11-23"^^ . . . . . . . "Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed for a period of circa five years from 2003 to 2008. It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland. Set in Bloom County, the strip documented the adventures of Breathed's popular character Opus the Penguin, parodying both pop culture and politics along the way. It was launched with much fanfare on November 23, 2003, and was syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group. In early October 2008 the author declared he was terminating the strip because of his expectation that the United States is going to face tough times and his desire to depart from his most famous character \"on a lighter note\"."@en . . "Discontinued"@en . . . . "Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed for a period of circa five years from 2003 to 2008. It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland. Set in Bloom County, the strip documented the adventures of Breathed's popular character Opus the Penguin, parodying both pop culture and politics along the way. It was launched with much fanfare on November 23, 2003, and was syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group. In early October 2008 the author declared he was terminating the strip because of his expectation that the United States is going to face tough times and his desire to depart from his most famous character \"on a lighter note\"."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Opus"@en . . . . . . . . .