...that Steve Dallas had a child.

Several months ago The Onion made this same connection with BS and the campaign trail.

In my opinion, theirs was much funnier. Watch and see what you think:

www.theonion.com/content/video/poll_bullshit_is_most_important

It's done better every day that the Daily Show with Jon Stewart was on, and they didn't have to spell it out. The Onion's good, but I think they're still finding their feet.

And as for Breathed doing it, so what? It's not like he's copying it. Besides, isn't it true that everything's been done before?

All I'm saying.

But seriously folks, that penguin is super cute.

Ah, the fresh breath of Opus, cool before penguins weren't cool. From Bloom County to this incarnation, still the best damn comic strip. Ever.

without question, one of your best stips EVER! thank you, berkeley.

happy new year everyone!

Are you saying that Steve "running" with 'fruit of the loom' jockey shorts is actually Mitt running for Mormon's first president?

Or is Santa our beloved Lord and Savior of the world who will save and redeem us from all killer terrorist?

I doubt you have any axe to grind with good-born Mormons? I know you don't wish readers to be sad that Santa is a cynical GOP with a fake beard.

The Opus 'jig' reminded me of a neocon who broke into Pous's house on Christmas eve night. The fake conservative wanted to steal wrapped children presents under the Yule Tree...The penguin screamed out memorized new testament scripture quotes.

Thee fundamentalist bible believer robber got saved?

The Opus penguin shouted out on Christmas morning this:

"Hay thief, freeze, drop your britches, hands up toward the sky, I got a axe (book of Acts) and "2" 48's!"

The phrase is, The gig is up. Or are they trying to be ironic? If so—not a great job.

Or a gluten allergy.

Conrad Y...

The correct phrase is "the jig is up." Mr. Breathed is correct.

Here's a link discussing this often-confused phraseology:

http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3812

What d' ya'll think:

Is Mr. G.O. uptight because OPUS finally got a base hit?

Hey, Garry O.- NEXT year is the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive- keep some of that powder dry.

The brave leaders have already told us that "Enduring Freedom" and related madcaps and follies in Mesapotamia are going to be a long haul.

You may be right about the grim reality of Cheney's war but please, Berkely Breathed has long proven himself to be on the proper message when it comes to the Police State Neros and Comodus' and Big Brothers who run the Bad Karma Express that is this era.

Little Augie is one of the very few kids around who sees things right- HE is more of B.B.'s alter ego than Opus is.

Ah! The sad, joyless season that is Garry Owen 365 days a year, with a bonus day every fourth year.

Yikes, big boy! Take it easy, pleasey. Garry Owen writes some of the very best stuff in other parts of Salon. Wisdom, info, humor, good style... You cover it all.

This is only the second week I have looked at the Opus letters, and both times, Garry has seemed vehement.

I am on your side. So are most of the rest of us. Is there some back-story about you and Opus? If so, please tell us. We would understand better your vehemence here in the Opus files.

Still on your side, no matter what. If you actually get into a fight, I will plunge in on your side, but Merry,Merry/Happy,Happy! At least until about January 5?

Every time I read Opus, I feel more and more Gary Owen-like.

I'm thinking if I actually read more of them I'd be posting multiple rants, too.

Quote "Instead of drawing your fat and complacent alter-ego Opus as a penguin, why don't you be more honest and draw yourself as a pig." Garry Owen

Now that's a great line. I laughed at this more than for any Opus strip. Maybe the reason GO doesn't like Opus is because it's not very good.

*snicker*

Easy to see why you spend all your time online.

A taxidermist stuffs you so that you can be the life of the party when the warbler, neocon yellow lame brain, bird brains,

stops railing the rehearsed peeps.

Because they are sure nature dead.

The varmint 'critter'>hades-hells!

It's reserved for their own doing!

Virgil says they go to damn hells!

It happens in this Life naturally!

Who likes Penguin hentai midget porn. Those Christos sure am weird people.

IT'S A CARTOON!!

GEEEEZZ.....

wow - the world is in this kind of shape and Opus and Breathed are what Gary finds to complain about?? I can think of a thousand more deserving topics and certainly more deserving individuals than Berke Breathed. You have no idea who you're talking about Gary. Find somebody - anybody to help and stop bleating. Coal surely awaits your miserable stocking.

Could you please ask the very nice people at Salon.com to add filters to the letters section so that I can block the letters of a certain individual?

Garry has thing about penguins. He goes nuts if Tom Tomorrow doesn't feature Sparky.

Washington, D.C. - American Forces Press Service - infoZine - Garry Trudeau wrote the book, "The War Within: One More Step at a Time," as a follow-up to his book, "The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time," which tells the story of comic strip character "B.D.," a National Guardsman who lost his leg during the battle of Fallujah in Iraq and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. The second book follows B.D.'s return to civilian and family life after leaving the hospital and his process of dealing with his post-traumatic stress disorder.

Trudeau said he's putting together these books, which are really a compilation of his comic strips, as a way to bring the war home to Americans, many of whom may not know any servicemembers or understand the sacrifices they're making.

"America in general has not been asked to sacrifice much for this particular war," Trudeau said. "Their world has nothing to do with the military world. I think it's important, if you're given a platform that I've been given, to try to bring those two worlds together and say, 'Look, these guys are making some pretty heavy sacrifices and contributions in our name, and we should know a little bit more about them.'"

Trudeau was encouraged to publish the books by the Fisher House Foundation, to which he is donating all the proceeds from these books. The foundation operates 34 Fisher Houses in the U.S. and Germany on the grounds of military and veterans hospitals. The houses give family members a place to live and be close to loved ones while they are hospitalized for an injury, illness or disease.