Bloom County 2019 by Berkeley Breathed for October 27, 2017

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Excellent Artwork! Mr. Breathed shows off his talent again.

The birth of all things OPUS?

Norman Rockwell quality – very impressive!!

An old lady who drinks bourbon. Makes sense.

Excellent rendering of the various textures. The stuffed Opus looks as though it is really made of cloth.

Light years better than the Fowl Language plushies.

Thanks.

I’m ready to buy several at at least $100 each!

I love Berkeley Breathed’s artwork, and I think he’s a brilliant cartoonist.

That said, this isn’t all his own original work….

A little internet searching turned up the painting to which he seems to have added his inimitable touches….

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Paul Knight

(British… 1883-1904)

Noting wrong with that….

it’s probably so old it’s in the public domain.

I just want to give some credit where credit is due.

More than a third of the stuffing goes right in the nose.

I’ve owned one for many years. He sits next to Merry Chris Moose! I don’t care what you think about it either.

Thanks, Susansunshine, I was wondering about that. Same for Zen Cowfield and Royal Hairless Mickhound, I suppose. Not complaining at all, brilliantly creative. Had my plush Opus for many years…treasured…

I STILL have my original Opus plush with the tag still attached. He sits on the lap of my Original Bill the Cat doll!

And I still treasure my two Opus plushes, including the Penguin Lust version.

I wont say how many variation of Opus plushes I have. ( I don’t know) I have many many many variations of Opus that I have collected over the years.

Finally. Confirmation that Opus is a knit wit.It took THIS long for someone to say it? I’m ashamed of you.

Whistler’s Knitter?

Awww, I want one. I still have my California Grape, Dude, and he’s going on 30 years of age.

My first thought was that this must be Frank’s mother.

A few modifications to a known painting and, presto, we have the Knitting of an Opus Plush, fortified by innumerable teacups of Old Hickory. Seems about right.

A new Opus plush would be highly desirable!

The missing caption:Granny Fannie Croup puts the finishing touches on the first Plushie Opus created since 1986. When production cranks up in our Minnesota sweat shop, she promises at least three a week. We have a dozen in hand, we’ll let you Bloomers know..right after we grab the first ones for ourselves. Hopefully, weeks away. —Mgmt,https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1734865763210836&substory_index=0&id=108793262484769