Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for December 27, 2022

“Yeah, that’s the ticket” was the catch phrase of Jon Lovitz’ pathological liar character on SNL in the late ’80s.

First take: “I have some doodles, scrupe!” “CUT!”

Seems like Steve does have some kind of conscience. Could have sworn he was a completely selfish self-entitled bum!

There’s always politics. Lots of lawyers get into that. Lack of scruples doesn’t stop them if they are conniving enough to fool people into voting for them.

Steve wields a mean pencil, in an Errol Flynn kind of way.

with what Opus just went through with his “cartooning” job, I wonder why he would suggest it to Steve.

No, you don’t! None. Zero, zip, nada! No scruples here.

Scruples… as opposed to… ?

Is he really that good of an attorney that he wins his cases?

Hey… would politics work?

This looks suspiciously like a lesson in irony and self-deprecation (by BB). Just when I was on the verge of feeling some sympathy for the hapless Steve Dallas, he abuses our fragile hero, Mr. Penguin Opus….

I love his outbox.