Opus (comic strip)

Opus
Opus the Penguin
Author(s)	Berkeley Breathed
Current status/schedule	Discontinued Sunday strip
Launch date	November 23, 2003
End date	November 2, 2008
Syndicate(s)	Washington Post Writers Group
Genre(s)	Humor, Politics, Satire
Preceded by	Outland

Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed from November 23, 2003, to November 2, 2008.^[1] It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland.

Set in Bloom County, the satirical strip featured Breathed's character Opus the Penguin. It was launched on November 23, 2003, and was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. In early October 2008, the author declared he was terminating the strip because of his expectation that the United States was going to face tough times and his desire to depart from his most famous character "on a lighter note". ^{[citation needed]}