Talk:Opus the Penguin

Species

What evidence do we have that Opus is a King penguin, and not an Emperor penguin? (Not trying to pick a fight here, just wondering....) Opusaug 15:19, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I think he might be a puffin. puffin penguin (note beaks)

The puffin/penguin resemblence was once pointed out in the comic, in fact. However, everyone seems to agree that Opus is indeed a penguin. Wyvern 18:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

According to his back story he is from the Falkland Islands, the Emperor Penguins is not native to the Falklands, but the King Penguin is. Puffins are native to the Northern hemisphere only. Mediatech492 (talk) 16:17, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Kirkpatrick

Insane as it is to suggest in an article about a cartoon penguin, the edits by 159.71.254.248 appear to be out of place. Refer to the Bill the Cat page for information about the Kirkpatrick "relationship". The teleprompter remark is (I can't believe I going to say this) senseless editorializing. Opusaug 18:19, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Opus's name

Wondering if it is worth mentioning that Opus' name was derived from the Kansas Song "Magnum Opus" (see Onion interview)? 169.207.193.145 05:00, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, so I added it under "Trivia". — Loadmaster 18:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

April Fools?

The killing off Opus thing is an April Fools hoax, right?--Kento 01:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Quoting from the April Texas Monthly article:

Assuming you mean the death of Opus, the strip, will that be the last we see of B. Breathed, newspaper cartoonist?

Opus has been in all my cartooning post Academia Waltz. I mean the death of Opus literally, as told in the comic, which means the suspension of the feature (no dates set as of yet). Newspapers may indeed fade from our lives, but childrens’ books may yet have a future.

Are you serious about killing off Opus in the strip?

Yes, but my wife would leave me, she reports. I have to factor this in.

Do your publisher and newspapers know this?

They know that all good things come to an end. I’d like to see Opus go out with George Bush, both headed into the sunset.

So judge for yourself. If he can stomach the backlash from his publishers and fans, not to mention his wife, it might actually be true. — Loadmaster 05:23, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Opus blue.jpg

Image:Opus blue.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 05:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Penguin Lust = allegory for homosexuality?

Really? I've read the series from the beginning and never heard this.

If it's opinion, it definitely should be deleted. If it's something that Breathed has said, it probably should be sourced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.142.255.254 (talk) 15:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Penguin lust being an allegory for homosexuality is opinion. It was an absurdist tool indicating the ridiculous ways that people rile themselves up and more closely parallels Red fever (communist fears) prolific during the closing days of the Cold War when this strip ran 192.155.59.82 (talk) 19:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Opus the Penguin. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20050721000106/http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/wpopu/ to http://www.uclick.com/client/wpc/wpopu/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 04:25, 4 September 2017 (UTC)