P. Opus. Owner of Bill T. Cat in later years, Meadowcrat Vice Presidential candidate for 1984, 1988, 1992, and even 2012, Personals clerk for the Bloom Beacon and the Bloom Picayune Ombudsman and Scruples Boy, loyal pet of Mike Binkley, and comic strip megastar for 25 years from June 26, 1981-November 2, 2008. And this was his first appearance: as an illiterate one-time gag, a mistaken German Shepard, whose name was first spoken about a year after his creation.Huh.
My spirit animal makes his formal debut. While as Berke notes in the complete works it takes a few more months before he rejoins the cast, it’s still a monumental moment.. and still a joke that really works.
AgentOgocid over 15 years ago
First appearance of Opus?
LucianDragos almost 15 years ago
looks that way.. good morning Opus
j_mauldin Premium Member about 14 years ago
Ah, the Opus that didn’t know English. Many had forgotten that he started as Binkley’s pet before becoming a Liberated Bird.
NJ Lyon almost 12 years ago
P. Opus. Owner of Bill T. Cat in later years, Meadowcrat Vice Presidential candidate for 1984, 1988, 1992, and even 2012, Personals clerk for the Bloom Beacon and the Bloom Picayune Ombudsman and Scruples Boy, loyal pet of Mike Binkley, and comic strip megastar for 25 years from June 26, 1981-November 2, 2008. And this was his first appearance: as an illiterate one-time gag, a mistaken German Shepard, whose name was first spoken about a year after his creation.Huh.
NJ Lyon almost 12 years ago
And really…seeing the earlier strips, it really is sad what happened to the poor penguin’s nose later on in the comic.
NJ Lyon almost 12 years ago
This is also the debut of Tom Binkley. Anyone else notice?
csisupgilgrissom over 3 years ago
My boy has arrived!
Johnnie Polo Premium Member over 3 years ago
The first appearance of both Opus and Binkley’s father.
PurpleOpus over 1 year ago
OPUS!! <3 <3 <3 My cute little turnip twiddler! Bring those toes here – I have herring ;p
vlad_tepes97 about 1 year ago
hide your turnip twaddlers
Jacob Mattingly 9 months ago
My spirit animal makes his formal debut. While as Berke notes in the complete works it takes a few more months before he rejoins the cast, it’s still a monumental moment.. and still a joke that really works.