Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for December 30, 2021

That’s gonna leave a mark…

The Russian judge gave it a 6.5 for the jump and a SPLAT for the landing.

That is one sturdy platform they are standing on. Thought the next panel might be a further zing and ruptured x 3.

You guys need to get down there and clean that up before it soaks in or it’ll make a stain that’ll never come out.

Wow, he fell faster than Biden’s approval ratings

That’s too bad. Opus flying could have been an interesting story.

There are times to strive, and times to just live.

Wait, is Prickly City’s Winslow’s failed flight attempts a nod to Opus’ nonopus?

Was this before or after Berke’s real life gliding accident?

Opus flew like a large boulder. Dropped like a rock. Gravity is not his friend.

Love the Looney-Tune-ish feet flapping in panel 5.

The Ruptured Penguin didn’t even last 30 seconds over the edge.

Looks like Acme just got a new customer referred by Wile E. Coyote.

If THAT’S what those jokers mean by The Rapture, I’m all for it. For them, of course.

Okay, I’m frankly amazed no one made a reference to the Bloom County 22 minute film (starring Opus and available on Youtube) “Wish for Wings that Work”

Cheer up, Opus. Maybe you’ll get wings that work next Christmas.

This is the first strip that’s made me laugh out loud in ages.

Then there was Max Klinger’s big red bird with fuzzy pink feet.

Rapture, rupture. For some flightless bird-poets (Saint-Exupéry he ain’t) it’s pretty much the same thing, alas!

“The heavens softly beckon.”