Further nitpicking I’m afraid. “…topped the windswept heights with EASY grace…” and there is no “I” at the start of the final line. My favourite poem, and whereas not that many people still alive have experienced flying Spitfires like the doomed young MacGee of the Royal Canadian Air Force, something in this poem still does it for most pilots, no matter how mundane our own craft.
Curious about the date when this originally ran, as we marked the anniversary of the Challenger disaster just a week or two ago. If before Challenger exploded, this sets up an interesting sequence. If after that, if profanes a moment which remains hallowed for most of us who listened back them.
This is the first time I have ever commented on a strip. I always thought mostly the odd did so. Thank you all for correcting that misconception. This strip spoke to me too.
Michael Thorton almost 12 years ago
Oh, god, I LOVED this one!
wdpeck almost 12 years ago
TINY nitpick! It’s “footless halls of air”, not “footloose”. Does this count as a Kevin Bacon connection?
RG_Dustbin almost 12 years ago
Further nitpicking I’m afraid. “…topped the windswept heights with EASY grace…” and there is no “I” at the start of the final line. My favourite poem, and whereas not that many people still alive have experienced flying Spitfires like the doomed young MacGee of the Royal Canadian Air Force, something in this poem still does it for most pilots, no matter how mundane our own craft.
vwdualnomand almost 12 years ago
didn’t reagan use this for the challenger disaster?
Sisyphos almost 12 years ago
What a rush!How good of Milo and Binkley to give Opus his chance to experience flight!
tripwire45 almost 12 years ago
Someone mentioned “God” in a comic strip after the 1960s. Call the ACLU or something. Someone might be offended. ;-)
James Swinford almost 12 years ago
Curious about the date when this originally ran, as we marked the anniversary of the Challenger disaster just a week or two ago. If before Challenger exploded, this sets up an interesting sequence. If after that, if profanes a moment which remains hallowed for most of us who listened back them.
Vonne Anton almost 12 years ago
Surprising that Opus isn’t ticklish.
jadoo823 almost 12 years ago
…american father, british mother, born in china, educated in china, england & US, joined rcaf, died in britain. Truly a citizen of the world…
dramac333 almost 12 years ago
One of my favorite Bloom County strips ever.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 12 years ago
This is a rather derisive use of a genuinely inspiring poem. I like to think I’m not stuffy…but maybe I am.
4nowelceres almost 12 years ago
This is the first time I have ever commented on a strip. I always thought mostly the odd did so. Thank you all for correcting that misconception. This strip spoke to me too.
lookwhatbobfound almost 12 years ago
I was living in Orlando when I saw the the Challenger explode. That was the first time I actually heard any sound over here from a launch.
AmyGrantfan51774 almost 12 years ago
touched the face of God?!!!!…is He ticklish????!!!!!!!
SCroix almost 12 years ago
If you ever watched the film “Koyaanisqatsi” the ending of that is like a foreboding of the Challenger disaster. The film was made in 1982.