Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for December 20, 2023

After THAT meeting, I’d need a SPIKED lemonade

Come up with the money, or God’s gonna call you home!

The guy had quite the interesting life in politics inc. being the other victim in the presidential car on 22 Nov ’63. This strip references his bankruptcy in ’86.

Connally’s lean years. But at least we know that Opas is in Texas.

My first thought was that he was Howard Hughes.

I almost expected a request for Grey Poupon.

Off to google…LOL

$80 million is nothing to those people nowadays.

I always thought that he looked a lot like LBJ, a younger version.

Change the name in the last panel to “Rudy Giuliani” and the amount to $148,000,000 and you could run this strip today.

The fun part is realizing that, in actuality, this WAS scripted.

Great, timeless strip.

In this one, just the name and amount change. (Talkin’ to YOU, Rudy.)

Opus! Didn’t they teach you at Comic Strip Characters School of Performance Arts not to break the Fourth Wall? It breaks the bleak mood of your storyline!