@Olddog1: There was even more to it than that. Breathed said that Oliphant thought that Breathed copied Opus from Punk. Breathed said that he didn’t even know that Punk was a penguin. (Who would have known?) Anyway, Breathed was rubbing in Opus’s success compared to Punk’s.
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
Sorry, Ollie Funt, but you’re just not so cuddly and cute and innocent as our Opus!
Olddog1 over 10 years ago
This was done after Pat Oliphant became angry that Berke won a political cartoonist award. Berke was ridiculing his jealousy.
klunker rider over 10 years ago
I want an Opus Asparagus Strainer
eschmenk over 10 years ago
@Olddog1: There was even more to it than that. Breathed said that Oliphant thought that Breathed copied Opus from Punk. Breathed said that he didn’t even know that Punk was a penguin. (Who would have known?) Anyway, Breathed was rubbing in Opus’s success compared to Punk’s.
RG_Dustbin over 10 years ago
…and yet, conspicuous by it’s absence is the Opus merchandising Corporation’s Turnip Twaddler. Strange.