'Sunday' type strip (colour, header + six panels)
Header: "Bloom County 2015, by Berkely Breathed esq." with image of Opus trudging to the right, shoulders slumped, eyes wide and depressed, wearing a purple hat with yellow flower, and dragging behind him (connected by earphones) is a tablet, o (or other music-playing device)
Panel 1: A darkened room, Milo and Binkley huddled on opposite ends of a sofa, faces illuminated by their tablets. Oliver laying on the floor, face illuminated by his tablet. Opus slumped across an armchair, sad, with a tablet lying unused on one of the arms.
Opus (caption): "Been a tough week in a tough new world. A faster one. Louder. Dumber. Angrier. Screenier..."
Opus: "Alonier."
Panel 2: Opus is sitting up on the chair, holding his tablet, and ...
Opus (caption): "But today's might life warrior knows the foolproof, four step plan to fly out of a funk:" ['boop' sound as Opus taps the tablet screen]
Panel 3:
Opus (caption): "Dance.". The panel shows Opus, surrounded by music sounds as he (in six images) shakes a foot, does a big 'ta-da' move, jumps in the air, feet wiggling underneath him and nose high in the air, does a headstand, gets down to the funky beats, and does the worm across the floor.
Panel 4:
Opus (caption): "Sing."
Opus (singing very loudly): "We've got a lot to be thankful for!" as all three boys are shaken from their seats!
Panel 5: Outside corner of house, garbage can tipped on the ground, lid off, banana and orange spilled out. Milo and Binkley looking around the corner (towards us), as Opus, carrying Bill the Cat (who has a fruit in his mouth) runs to the right.
Opus: "Mount up!"
Panel 6: On the edge of steep slope, Cutter John sits in his wheelchair (named "Aluminum Falcon"), white haired and cool as ever, with Opus standing on the back handles, leaning on John's head, wearing a ray gun on his own head, Binkley and Milo on John's lap, and finally, perched on John's crossed foot is Bill the female Imperial Stormtrooper (with a caption pointing to the armour's boobs saying "Inexplicable costume fail")
Opus (caption): "And make that bleepingnoise jump to lightspeed."
Opus: "Go!"
Binkley: "Where?"
Milo: "Victoria's really secret planet."
Bill: "Thbbft!"
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